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BY ABRAHAM C. BALDWIN. 



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RECOMMENDATIONS. 



The Rev. Abraham C. Baldwin has shown me a work, 
prepared with much care and labor, which in my opinion^, will 
be of great utility ^-an extensive* collection «of distinct subjects 
for the pulpit, arranged under a few general heads for greater 
convenience. 

The design is to aM minister^ in selecting interesting and 
appropriate topics for discussion ; by summoning before them 
in one view, and at small expense, those which lie scattered in 
many volumes of the published productions of the pulpit. It is 
a work, which, if I do not greatly mistake, all the licentiates, from 
our Theological Schools, and all our settled Clergymen who 
are not furnished with extensive libraries, will be ready to take : 
from which I am sure they will derive benefit far beyond the 
price which they will have to pay. 

ELEAZAR T. FITCH. 
New-Haven, Yale College, April 10th, 1841. 
We cordially concur in the views expressed above. 

JOEL HA WES, 
CHAUNCEY A. GOODRICH, 
THOMAS H. SKINNER, 
HENRY WHITE. 

The Rev. Mr. Baldwin having favoured me with a com- 
munication of his plan of a small work for the use of Clergy- 
men, suggesting topics and texts for discourses, I have great 
pleasure in expressing my opinion in favour of the utility of his 
design, and of the manner in which he has carried it into 
execution. JAMES MILNOR. 

The Plan of the Rev. Mr. Baldwin and the manuscript of 
his work have been exhibited to me, and I take pleasure in 
being allowed to add my name in commendation to those above 
given. It should be observed that it is not a book of Skeletons, 
but of topics on which the mind of the Preacher must be itself 
exercised, and it is certainly the more valuable on that account. 
I cheerfully recommend it. 

THOMAS E. VERMILYE. 
In the above we fully concur. 

GARDINER SPRING, 
THOMAS DEWITT, 
SPENCER H. CONE. 



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RECOMMENDATIONS. 



The plan of Mr. Baldwin's book meets my cordial approba- 
tion, though I have had but a limited opportunity to examine 
the execution of it. Judging from the few pages submitted to 
me, I think it will be a useful publication. 

NATHAN BANGS. 

The subscriber feels inclined to favour every thing which is 
adapted to facilitate the labours of clergymen, especially those 
ol them who are young, and comparatively inexperienced. 
They, undoubtedly, often lose much time, and are subjected to 
much perplexity, in the choice* of subjects for the Pulpit at once 
appropriate and sufficiently varied. In 4his view Mr. Baldwin's 
publication may be of no small use to those who have few books, 
and but little experience in the composition of sermons. The 
only fear is, that many who use this work, will not content them- 
selves with having a topic suggested by Mr. B.'s book ; but will 
be betrayed, unwarily, by this labour-saving machine, into the 
habit of resorting too largely to others for help in composition, 
as well as in the selection of topics ; — a habit so full of mischief, 
both to preachers and hearers, that it is not easy to find terms 
sufficiently strong for warning against it If those who may 
make use of the proposed publication should have sufficient de- 
cision of character to avoid this evil, they may be greatly ac- 
commodated by Mr. Baldwin's work. Such are the impres- 
sions which have been made on the mind of the subscriber by a 
glance at the first printed sheet of the proposed compilation. 

SAMUEL MILLER. 

Princeton^ April Z0th : 1841. 



PREFACE. 



The design of this book is obvious from its title. 
There are few clergymen who have not at times found it 
more difficult to select an interesting and useful subject for 
a discourse, than to prepare a sermon after a suitable sub- 
ject had been found. To afford timely assistance to his 
brethren in such circumstances, has been the object of the 
compiler in preparing the present work. 

The plan pursued is different, it is believed, from any 
thing of the kind hitherto attempted. There have been pub- 
lished at different times, books containing Skeletons, or 
Outlines of Sermons, for the use of those who are either 
incompetent, or too indolent to frame a discourse without 
assistance. But such helps as these, are far worse than 
useless ; they serve to destroy the inventive powers of the 
preacher, and make of him a complete drone. A clergyman 
who prepares his discourses by merely filling up plans made 
by others, ceases to respect himself, and so far as his prac- 
tice is known, loses the respect of the community; and 
what is still worse, he will be likely to starve his hearers. 
Discourses thus composed will w^ant unction, — their several 
parts, being made up by different minds of diverse habits of 
thinking and feeling, will be as incongruous as the iron 
and the clay in Nebuchadnezzar's image. Such books 
ought to be banished at once from every clergyman's 
Library, unless a very different use is made of them from 
that intended by their authors. If a preacher is really 
unable to prepare a discourse unless the framework is 
constructed to his hands, it is incumbent on him to pause, 
and seriously inquire whether he has not mistaken his 



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PREFACE. 



calling. If he is too indolent to do it, there is reason to 
fear that he has mistaken not only his calling, but his own 
heart. 

As this book furnishes nothing but Subjects and Texts, 
it is believed that, without affording any temptation or 
even facilities for being indolent, it will often be of essen- 
tial service to the preacher, by suggesting interesting and 
important trains of thought which he will carry out inde- 
pendently, and which will be wholly his own. Some of 
the greatest and happiest efforts of the human mind have 
owed their origin to a single thought suggested by another 
mind, or to a striking text of Scripture. The intellectual 
powers are frequently stimulated to vigorous action upon 
the mere announcement of an interesting and appropriate 
theme. 

There are here presented nearly three thousand subjects 
for the pulpit, most of which have been already discussed 
with much interest and profit by able divines. This latter 
circumstance, however, does not constitute the least objec- 
tion to their being discussed again by other minds. Sub- 
jects and Texts (but not Skeletons) are common property. 
A preacher may discourse on a topic which others have 
canvassed before him with just as much of originality and 
profit as if he were the first person who made it a theme 
for the pulpit. There is one consideration in favour of a 
subject that has been once discussed with interest in the 
desk, and that is, the preacher may know that his theme 
has sufficient scope for a sermon, as it has been success- 
fully tested. 

The subjects in this volume are arranged, it will be 
perceived, with reference to convenience, and not to the 
order in which they should follow each other in a Theo- 
logical System. 



PREFACE. 



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As it is frequently desirable to preach a number of 
sermons on the same general subject, there are appended 
several valuable Series, which may serve to assist the 
preacher in planning courses of Lectures for himself. 

Permission has been kindly granted to insert the Ana- 
lysis of Dwight's Theology. There are here given, at one 
view, the topics of a complete body of Divinity, logically 
arranged. Although most clergymen probably have this 
invaluable work in their Libraries, they may still find it 
convenient to have the Analysis of it in a small volume 
designed to lie upon their study-table. 

Most of the subjects have connected with them ap- 
propriate texts of Scripture. In some few cases, however, 
the appropriateness of the texts given, and the correctness 
of their interpretation, may with propriety be questioned. 
The compiler wishes it to be distinctly understood that he 
takes no part of the responsibility of the interpretation of 
the texts quoted in this volume, but throws it entirely upon 
the authors of the discourses from whom the subjects are 
taken. The student should in all cases examine the inter- 
pretation of a text for himself before using it as the foun- 
dation of a discourse. 

It was the compiler's intention, when he commenced 
this work, to place in the margin against each subject, the 
names of various authors who had written upon it ; but 
as this was aside from his main design, and found to be 
the occasion of much inconvenience and delay in preparing 
the work for the press, it was thought best to abandon this 
part of the plan. Except in a few cases, therefore, the 
name of that author only is given from whose productions 
the subject was selected. Provision is made, by leaving a 
wide margin, for adding with a pen or pencil other names, 
as the owner of the book may see fit, 



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PREFACE. 



Occasionally the name of an author has been omitted 
in the margin through inadvertence. 

It is not pretended that this book contains all those 
subjects which are profitable for pulpit discussion. It is 
presumed that every Pastor keeps a blank book in which 
he enters from time to time topics appropriate to the spir- 
itual wants of his people, which are suggested to him in 
his reading, conversation, and pastoral labours. This col- 
lection is by no means intended to supersede the necessity 
of his keeping such a book. The blank leaves bound up 
with this volume are designed for him to use for this pur- 
pose. In this part of the book he can add subjects as they 
occur to him, arranged either according to the plan of the 
preceding pages, or according to a plan of his own. 

To his younger brethren in the sacred office, the com- 
piler trusts this work will be particularly useful. It will 
serve not only to help them to a subject for a discourse 
occasionally, but it will give them some idea of the vast 
field of discussion that lies before them, which they some- 
times may have regarded as in a measure circumscribed. 

Theological students when leaving the seminary will 
find this volume, it is believed, of considerable utility as 
they enter upon the arduous duties of the ministry. 

To the Clergy generally of all evangelical denomina- 
tions, this work is respectfully and affectionately submitted. 
If it serve to assist them in their studies — to give greater 
variety to their preaching— and in time of need to give an 
impulse to their minds in a profitable direction, the labour 
of preparing it will not have been spent in vain. That it 
may facilitate their labours in feeding the church of God, 
and winning souls to Christ, is the sincere prayer of their 
brother and fellow labourer, A. C. BALDWIN. 

New-York, May 1st, 1841. 



INDEX. 



Page. 

Subjects Relating to God - - - - - 9 

" " Christ 27 

" " Holy Spirit 51 

" " Word of God - - - - 55 

" « Sabbath - - - - - * - - - - 60 

" Appropriate to Man as a Being - - - - - - 64. 

" " " Sinner 116 

" " " Christian ----- 160 

«■ " in his Social Relations - 220 

" " to the Communion - 222 

" " " Fast - - - - 226 

" " Thanksgiving ----- 230 

" " " New Year ----- . 233 

M « " Ordination ------- 235 

" M " Dedication 245 

" " " Funeral ------- 247 

" " ? Temperance ------ 254 

" « 11 Benevolence ------ 256 

Miscellaneous Subjects - - - - - 262 

Series of Subjects on Prayer 299 

" " Hearing the Word ----- - 299 

« « The Lord's Prayer ------ 300 

From the Parables ------------- 300 

« Miracles --------- - - - - 303 

Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity ------ 306 

" to Young Men ----------- 310 

" " Youth ------ 311 

M on Revivals - _ - ■ - - 313 

System of Theology - • - -- -- -- -- -- 317 



SUBJECTS FOR SERMONS. 



SUBJECTS RELATING TO GOD. 

Barrow. The Being of God proved from the 

Frame of the World. 

Jer. 51: 15. He hath made the earth by 
his power, he hath established the world 
by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the 
heaven by his understanding. 



Barrow. The Being of God proved from the 

Frame of Human Nature. 

Gen. 1: 27. So God created man in his 
own image. 



Barrow. The Being of God proved from Uni- 
versal Consent. 

Ps. 19: 3. There is no speech, nor lan- 
guage, where their voice is not heard. 



Barrow. The Being of God proved from Su- 
pernatural Effects. 

John 5: 17. But Jesus answered them, My 
Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 
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GOD. 



Saurin. Eternity of God. 

2 Pet. 3: 8. But, beloved, be not ignorant 
of this one thing, that one day is with the 
Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand 
years as one day. 



Saurin. Omnipresence of God. 

Ps. 139: 7-12. Whither shall I go from 
■ihy Spirit 1 ! whither shall I flee from thy pre- 
sence 1 If I ascend up into heaven, thou 
art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, 
thou art there. If I take the wings of the 
morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts 
of the sea $ even there shall thy hand lead 
me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I 
say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, 
even the night shall be light about me. Yea, 
the darkness hideth not from thee, but the 
night shineth as the day: the darkness and 
the light are both alike to thee. 



Saurin. The Grandeur of God. 

Isa. 40: 12-28. Who hath measured out 
the waters in the hollow of his hand, &c. 



Saurin. The Greatness of God's Wisdom and 
Power. 

Isa. 32: 19. Great in counsel, and mighty 
in work. 



Saurin. 



The Holiness of God. 

Lev. 19: 2. Ye shall be holy: for I the 
Lord your God am holy. 



GOD. 



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Saurin. The Compassion of God. 

Ps. 103: 13. Like as a father pitieth his 
children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear 
him. 



Saurin. The Incomprehensibility of God's 
Mercy. 

Isa. 55: 8. 9. For my thoughts are not your 
thoughts, neither art your ways my ways, 
saith the Lord. For as the heavens are 
higher than the earth, so are my ways 
higher than your ways, and my thoughts 
than your thoughts. 



Saurin. The Severity of God. 



Heb. 12: 29. For our God is a consuming 
fire. 



Saurin. The Patience of God with Wicked 
Nations. 

Gen. 15: 16. The iniquity of the Amorites 
is not yet full. 



Saurin. The Long-Suffering of God with In- 
dividuals. 

Eccl. 8: 11, 12. Because sentence against 
an evil work is not executed speedily, 
therefore the heart of the sons of men is 
fully set in them to do evil. 
2 Pet. 3: 9. The Lord fa not slack con- 



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GOD. 



cerning his promise, as some men count 
slackness ; but is long-suffering to us-ward, 
not willing that any should perish, but that 
all should come to repentance. 



Saurin. God the only Object of Fear. 

Jer. 10: 7. Who would not fear thee, O 
King of nations 1 for to thee doth it apper- 
tain : forasmuch as among all the wise men 
of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, 
there is none like unto thee. 



Saurin. The Uniformity of God in his Gov- 
ernment. 

Heb. 13: 8. Jesus Christ, the same yester- 
day, to-day, and forever. 



Saurin. The Deep Things of God. 

Rom. 11: 33. the depth of the riches 
both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! 
how unsearchable are his judgments, and 
his ways past finding out ! 



Porter. The Immutability of God. 

Ex. 3: 14. And God said unto Moses, I 
AM THAT 1 AM. 



Richards. God a Great Kins:. 



Mai, 1: 14. For I am a great king, saith 
the Lord of hosts. 



GOD. 



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E. Pond. God's Works originally Perfect. 

Gen. 1: 31. And God saw every thing 
that he had made, and, behold, it was very 
good. 



E. Pond. The Divine Dispensations Progres- 
sive. 

Mark 4: 28. First the blade, then the ear,, 
after that the full corn in the ear. 



Emmons. The Moral Rectitude of God. 

Gen. 18: 25. That be far from thee to do 
after this manner, to slay the righteous with 
the wicked : and that the righteous should 
be as the wicked, that be far from thee : 
Shall not the judge of all the earth do. 
right 1 



Appleton. God's Ways Equal. 



Ezek. 18: 25. Yet ye say, The way of the 
Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of 
Israel, Is not my way equal] are not your, 
ways unequal 1 



3ax. God the Best of Fathers. 

Matt, 7: 11. If ye then being evil, know 
how to give good gifts unto your children r 
how much more shall your Father which is 
in heaven give good things to them that 
ask him ] 

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Jay. 



GOD. 

The Eye of Gocl always upon us. 
Gen. 16: 13. Thou God seest me. 



Jay. A Forgiving Gocl. 

Neh. 9: 17. A Gocl ready to pardon. 



Jay. The Safe Guide. 



Ps. 107: 7. And he led them forth by the 
right way, that they might go to a city of 
habitation. 



Jay. God Thinks upon his People. 

Ps. 40: 17. Yet the Lord thinketh upon me. 



C. Coffin. God entitled to Obedience. 

Ex. 5: 2. Who is the Lord, that I should 
obey his voice 1 



Edwards. Practical Atheism. 

Eph. 11: 12. Without God in the world. 



Sprague. The God of the Christian and the 
God of the Infidel. 

Ps. 8G: 8. Among the gods there is none 



GOD. 



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like unto thee, O Lord ; neither are there 
any works like unto thy works. 



J. Hawes. The Goodness of God fitted to lead 

Men to Repentance. 

Rom. 2: 4. Or despisest thou the riches of 
his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suf- 
fering ; not knowing that the goodness of 
God leadeth thee to repentance % 



Griffin. The Knowledge of God. 

Col. 1: 10. Increasing in the knowledge of 
God. 



Emmons. God is Governed by Goodness in 
all his Conduct. 

Ps. 1J9: 68. For thou art good, and doest 
good. 



Emmons. The Revealed Will of God the 

only Rule of Duty. 

Deut. 29: 29. The secret things belong unto 
the Lord our God ; but those things which 
are revealed belong unto us and to our chil- 
dren forever, that we may do all the words 
of this law. 



Emmons. 



The Supreme Being the only Proper 

Object of Religious Worship. 
Rev. 19: 10. And I fell at his feet to wor- 



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GOD. 



ship him. And he said unto me, See thou 
do it not : I am thy fellow-servant, and of 
thy brethren that have the testimony of Je- 
sus : worship God. 



Emmons. Divine Particular Providence. 

Matt. 6: 30. Wherefore, if God so clothe 
the grass of the field, which to day is, and 
to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not 
much more clothe you, ye of little faith % 



Emmons. The Being and Perfections of God. 

Heb. 3: 4. For every house' is builded by 
some man : but he that built all things is 
God. 



Emmons. Affections Essential to the Moral 
Perfection of Deity. 

1 John 4: 8. For God is love. 



Davies. The Divine Mercy to Mourning 
Penitents. 

JeT. 31: 18—20. I ! have surely heard Eph- 
raim bemoaning himself thus ; Thou hast 
chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bul- 
lock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou 
me, and I shall be turned j for thou art the' 
Lord my God. Surely after that I was 
turned, I repented ; and after that I was 
instructed, I smote upoii iiiij thigh : I was 



GOD. 



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ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I 
did bear the reproach of my youth. Is 
Ephraim my dear son 1 is he a pleasant 
child 1 for since I spake against him, I do 
earnestly remember him still : therefore my 
bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely 
have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. 



Da vies. The Divine Government a Cause of 
Beecher. Joy. 

Ps. 97: 1. The Lord reigneth, let the 
earth rejoice ; let the multitude of isles be 
glad thereof. 

Matt. 6: 10. Thy will be done. 



Davies. Love the Essence of Deity. 

1 John 4: 18. . God is love. 



Davies. God the Sovereign of all Kingdoms. 

Dan. 4: 25. That they shall drive thee from 
men, and thy dwelling shall be with the 
beasts of the field, and they shall make thee 
to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet 
thee with the dew of heaven, and seven 
times shall pass over thee, till thou know 
that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom 
of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 



C. Lee. The Divine Clemency. 

Ps. 86: 5. For thou, Lord, art good, and 
ready to forgive , and plenteous in mercy 
unto all them that call upon thee. 



18 GOD. 

R. Hall. On the Being and Name of Jehovah. 

Ex. 3: 14. And God said unto Moses, I 
AM THAT I AM : and he said, thus shalt 
thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM 
hath sent me unto you. 



R. Hall. God the Source of Wisdom. 

James 1: 5. If any of you lack wisdom let 
him ask of God. 



R. Hall. The Spirituality of the Divine Na- 
ture. 

Isa. 31: 3. Now the Egyptians are men, 
and not God, and their horses flesh, and 
not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch 
out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, 
and he that is holpen shall fall down, and 
they all shall fall together. 



R. Hall. The Glory of God in Concealing. 

Prov. 25: 2. It is the glory of God to con- 
ceal a thing. 



R. Hall. God's Ways though Inscrutable are 
Righteous and Just. 

Ps. 97: 2. Clouds and darkness are round 
about him ; righteousness and judgment are 
the habitation of his throne. 



GOD. 



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Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



The Ground of God's Final Deci- 
sion. 

Gal. 6: 7, 8. Be not deceived, God is not 
mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth, that 
shall he also reap. For he that soweth to 
his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ] 
but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the 
Spirit reap life everlasting. 



God's gift of his Son a ground for ex- 
pecting every other Blessing. 

Eom. 8: 32. He that spared not his own 
Son, but delivered him up for us all, how 
shall he not with him also freely give us 
all things \ 



God's Compassion. 

Hos. 11: 8. How shall I give thee up, 
Ephraiml how shall I deliver thee, Israel] 
how shall I make thee as Admah 1 how shall 
I set thee as Zeboim 1 my heart is turned 
within me, my repentings are kindled to- 
gether. 



The Stability of God's Covenant. 

2 Tim. 2: 19. Nevertheless the founda- 
tion of God standeth sure, having this 
seal, the Lord knoweth them that are his. 



God will Fulfil his Word. 

Num. 23: 19. God is not a man, that he 
should lie ; neither the son of man, that 
he should repent : hath lie said, and shall 



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he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall 
he not make it good 1 



Simeon. God sees our Inmost Thoughts. 

Heb. 4: 13. All things are naked and open 
unto the eyes of him with whom we have 
to do. 



Simeon. God the Source of all Good. 

James 1: 17. Every good gift and every 
perfect gift is from above, and cometh down 
from the Father of lights, with whom is no 
variableness, neither shadow of turning. 



Simeon. God Delights in Saving Sinners. 

Zeph. 3: 17. The Lord thy God in the 
midst of thee is mighty ; he will save, he 
.will rejoice over thee with joy; he will 
rest in his love, he will joy over thee with 
singinsf. 



Simeon. The Abundant Grace of God. 

Rom. 5: 20, 21. Moreover the law entered, 
that the offence might abound. But where 
sin abounded, grace did much more abound. 
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even 
so might grace reign through righteous- 
ness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our 
Lord. 



Simeon. 



God's Readiness to give his Spirit. 

Luke 11: 13. If ye then being evil, know 



GOD. 



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how to give good gifts unto your children ; 
how much more shall your heavenly Father 
give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him % 



The Manner in which God draws 

his People. 

Hos. 11: 4. I drew them with cords of a 
man, with bands of love. 



The Loving-Kindness of God. 

Ps. 36: 7. How excellent is thy loving- 
kindness, O God ! therefore the children 
of men put their trust under the shadow of 
thy wings. 



The End for which God sent his Son. 

John 3: 17. For God sent not his Son into 
the world to condemn the world ; but that 
the world through him might be saved. 



God's Distinguished Regard for the 
Poor. 

James 2: 5. Hearken, my beloved brethren, 
Hath not God chosen the poor of this world 
rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which 
he hath promised to them that love him 1 



The Majesty and Holiness of God. 

Isa. 57: 15. For thus saith the high and 
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GOD. 



lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose 
name is Holy ; I dwell in the high and holy 

place. 



Simeon. God's Paths are Mercy and Truth. 

Ps. 25: 10. All the paths of the Lord are 
mercy and truth unto such as keep his cov- 
enant and his testimonies. 



Simeon. God's Method of Dealing with his 
People. 

Zech. 13 : 9. And I will bring the third part 
through the fire, and will refine them as sil- 
ver is refined, and will try them as gold is 
tried : they shall call on my name, and I will 
hear them. I will say, It is my people, and 
they shall say, The Lord is my God. 



Simeon. God's Sympathy with his People. 

Zech. 2: 8. He that toucheth you toucaeth 
the apple of his eye. 



Simeon. God's Care for the Righteous. 

Prov. 10: 3. The Lord will not suffer the 
soul of the righteous to famish. 



Simeon. The Stability of God's Promises. 

2 Cor. 1: 20. For all the promises of God 



GOD. 



in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the 
glory of God by us. 



Simeon. God a Sure Defence. 

Prov. 18: 10. The name of the Lord is 
a strong tower, the righteous runneth into 
it, and is safe. 



Simeon. The Ways of God Unfolded. 



John 13: 7. Jesus answered and said unto 
him, What 1 do thou knowest not now ; but 
thou shalt know hereafter. 



Smalley. On the Indiscriminate Dispensations 
of Providence. 

Ecel. 9: 2. All things come alike to all: 
there is one event to the righteous and to 
the wicked \ to the good, and to the clean, 
and to the unclean ; to him that sacrificeth, 
and to him that sacrificeth not : as is the 
good, so is the sinner ; and he that swear- 
eth, as he that feareth an oath. 



Smalley. God, the Author of Afflictions and 
Troubles. 

Job 5: 6, 7. Although affliction cometh 
not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble 
spring out of the ground ; yet man is born 
jmto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 



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GOD. 



Smalley. God's Pleasure is not to Afflict. 

Lam. 3: 33. For he doth not afflict willingly 
nor grieve the children of men. 



Smalley. God to be Worshipped in the Beauty 
of Holiness. 

Ps. 96: 9. O worship the Lord in the beauty 
of holiness : fear before him, all the earth. 



Lathrop. The Wheels of Providence. 

Ezek. 1: 16. The appearance of the wheels 
and their work was like unto the colour of 
a beryl: and they four had one likeness: 
and their appearance and their work was as 
it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 



Lathrop. God works for his own Name's sake. 

Ezek. 36: 32. Not for your sakes do I this, 
saith the Lord God, be it known unto you. 



Lathrop. God Glorified in the General Judg- 
ment. 

2 Thess. 1: 10. When he shall come to be 
glorified in his saints, and to be admired in 
all them that believe. 



Pees. Dwigiit. Secret Things belong to God. 

Deut. 29: 29. The secret things belong 
unto the Lord our God ; but those things 



GOD. 



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which are revealed belong unto us and to our 
children forever, that we may do all the 
words of this law. 



Pres. Dwight. God to be Believed rather than 
Men. 

Eom. 3: 4. Let God be true and every man 
a liar. 



Pres. Dwight. God's Ways not our Ways. 

Isa. 55: 8, 9. For my thoughts are not your 
thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, 
saith the Lord. For as the heavens are 
higher than the earth, so are my ways higher 
than your ways, and my thoughts than your 
thoughts. 



Pres. Dwight. Parental Character of God. 

Eph. 5: 1. Be ye therefore followers of 
God, as dear children. 



Pres. Edwards. The Most High a Prayer- 
HearingGod. 

Ps. 65: 2. thou that hearest prayer, unto 
thee shall all flesh come. 



Pres. Edwards. God Glorified in Man's Depen- 
dence. 

1 Cor. 1: 29—31. That no flesh should 
glory in his presence. But of him are ye 
in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto 
us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctifi- 

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GOD. 



cation, and redemption : that, according 
as it is written, He that glorieth, let him 
glory in the Lord. 



N. Porter. God the Strength of his People. 

Isa. 40: 29. He giveth power to the faint ; 
and to them that have no might he increas- 
eth strength. 







SUBJECTS RELATING TO CHRIST, 



Barrow. Jesus is the True Messiah. 

Acts 9: 22. Proving that this is the Christ. 



Appleton. Christ's Universal Reign. 

1 Cor. 15: 25. For he must reign, till he 
hath put all enemies under his feet. 



Jay. The End of the Saviour's Exalta- 

tion. 

Acts 5: 31. Him hath God exalted with 
his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, 
for to give repentance to Israel, and for- 
giveness of sins. 



Jay. Christ the Bread of Life. 

John 6: 35. And Jesus said unto them, I am 
the bread of life : he that cometh to me 
shall never hunger ; and he that believeth 
on me shall never thirst. 



Jay. The Unspeakable Gift. 

Eom. 8: 32. He that spared not his own 
Son, but delivered him up for us all, how 
shall he not with him also freely give us all 
things 1 



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Jay. The Love of Christ. 



Eph. 3: 19. And to know the love of Christ, 
which passeth knowledge, that ye might be 
filled with all the fulness of God. 



\ ay. The Water of Life. 

John 4: 14. But whosoever drinketh of 
the water that I shall give him shall never 
thirst ; but the water that I shall give him 
shall be in him a well of water spinging up 
into everlasting life. 



Jay. The Star Guiding the Wise Men. 

Mat. 2: 1, 2. Now when Jesus was born in 
Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod 
the king, behold, there came wise men from 
the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he 
that is born King of the Jews % for we have 
seen his star in the east, and are come to 
worship him. 



Jay. The Fountain of Life. 



Zech. 13: 1. In that day there shall be 
a fountain opened to the house of David 
and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for 
sin and for uncleanness. 



Jay. The Saviour's Grace in its Free- 

ness and Effects. 

1 Tim. 1: 14. And the grace of our Lord 
was exceeding abundant, with faith and love 
which is in Christ Jesus. 



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Payson. The Second Coming of the Son of 
Man. 

Mat. 24: 37. But as the days of Noe were, 
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 



Payson. The Second Advent of Christ desi- 
rable to his People. 

Phil. 3: 20. From whence also we look for 
the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. 



J. Tracy. The Example of Christ in Self- 
Denial. 

Phil. 2: 5. Let this mind be in you, which 
was also in Christ Jesus. 



Saurin. Variety of Opinions about Christ. 

Mat. 16: 14. And they said, Some say that 
thou art John the Baptist : some, Elias ; and 
others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 



Saurin, The Little Success of Christ's Min- 
istry, 

Rom. 10: 21. But to Israel he saith, All 
day long I have stretched forth my hands 
unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. 



Griswold. Christ the Divine and only Saviour. 

Isa. 45: 22. Look unto me, and be ye saved, 



30 CHRIST. 

Pierce. Jesus Weeping over Sinners. 

Luke 19: 41, 42. And when he was come 
near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 
saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, 
at least in this thy day, the things which 
belong unto thy peace ! but now they are 
hid from thine eyes. 



Jay. Christ's Family. 

Mat. 12: 49, 50. And he stretched forth 
his hand toward his disciples, and said, 
Behold my mother and my brethren ! For 
whosoever shall do the will of my Father 
which is in heaven, the same is my brother, 
and sister, and mother. 



Shepard. The Influence of Christ's Coming 
upon Human Destiny. 

Luke 2: 34, 35. And Simeon blessed them, 
and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, 
this child is set for the fall and rising again 
of many in Israel ; and for a sign which 
shall be spoken against ; (yea, a sword 
shall pierce through thy own soul also,) 
that the thoughts of many hearts may be 
revealed. 



S. Miller. Christ our Righteousness. 

Jer. 23: 6. In his days Judah shall be 
saved, and Israel shall dwell safely : and 
this is his name whereby lie shall be called, 
THE LORP OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, 



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Storrs. The Unsearchable Riches of Christ. 

Church. Eph. 3: 8. Unto me, who am less than 
the least of all saints, is this grace given, 
that I should preach among the Gentiles 
the unsearchable riches of Christ. 



Church. The Power of the Cross. 

John 3: 14, 15. And as Moses lifted up the 
serpent in the wilderness, even so must the 
Son of Man be lifted up : that whosoever 
believeth in him should not perish, but have 
eternal life. 



Williams. Christ's Kingdom. 

John 18: 36. Jesus answered, My kingdom 
is not of this world : if my kingdom were 
of this world, then would my servants fight, 
that I should not be delivered to the Jews : 
but now is my kingdom not from hence. 



Williams. The Tender Sympathy of Christ. 
John 11: 35. Jesus wept. 



Emmons. Neutrality respecting Christ Im- 
possible. 

Mat. 12: 30. He that is not with me is 
against me ; and he that gathereth not with 
me scattereth abroad. 



Emmons. Christ a proper Object of Worship. 

R, Hall. Heb. 1: 6. Let all the angels of God wor- 
ship him. 



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Emmons. Justification through the Atonement 
of Christ. 

Col. 1: 14, In whom we have redemption 
through his blood, even the forgiveness of 
sins. 



Emmons. Christ ready to Comfort the Feeble- 

Davies. Minded. 

Mat. 12: 20. A bruised reed will he not 
break. 



Emmons. Christ the Only Foundation. 

Isa. 28: 16, 17. Therefore thus said the 
Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a founda- 
tion a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner 
stone, a sure foundation : he that belie veth 
shall not make haste. Judgment also will 
I lay to the line, and righteousness to the 
plummet : and the hail shall sweep away 
the refuge of lies, and the waters shall over- 
flow the hiding place. 



Emmons. The Mediatorial Kingdom and 
Glories of Christ. 

John 18: 37. Pilate therefore said unto 
him, Art thou a king thenl Jesus answered. 
Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end 
was I born, and for this cause came I into 
the world, that I should bear witness unto 
the truth. Every one that is of the truth 
heareth my voice. 



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Pres. Davies. Christ Precious to ail True Be- 
lievers. 

1 Pet. 2: 7. Unto you therefore which 
believe he is precious. 



Pres. Davies. The Preaching of Christ Cruci- 
fied the means of salvation. 

1 Cor. 1: 22-24. For the Jews require a 
sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom : 
but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews 
a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks 
foolishness $ but unto them which are call- 
ed, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power 
of God, and the wisdom of God. 



Pres. Davies. The Compassion of Christ for 
Sinners. 

Mat. 23: 37. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 
thou that killest the prophets, and stonest 
them which are sent unto thee, how often 
would I have gathered thy children to- 
gether, even as a hen gathereth her chick- 
ens under her wings, and ye would not ! 



Payson. All Things Created for Christ. 

Col. 1: 16. All things were created by 
him, and for him. 



Payson. The Promised Fruit of Christ's 

Sufferings. 

Isa. 53: 2. He shall see of the travail of his 
soul and be satisfied. 

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CHRIST. 



A. Fuller. The Life of Christ the Security and 
Felicity of His Church. 

Rev. 1: 18. / am he that liveth, and was 
dead ; and, behold, I am alive for ever- 
more, Amen $ and have the keys of hell 
and of death. 



A. Fuller. The Necessity of a Mediator be- 
tween God and Man. 

Job 9: 33. Neither is their any daysman 
betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us 
both. 



Chalmers. Christ the Wisdom of God. 

1 Cor. 1: 24. But unto them which are 
called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the 
power of God, and the wisdom of God. 



R. Hall. Christ's Divinity and Condescen- 
sion. 
Phil. 2. 5-9. 



R. Hall. The Spirit and Tendency of Socin- 
ianism. 

Ps. 19: 7. The law of the Lord & perfect* 
converting the soul : the testimony of the 
Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 



R. Hall. 



The Lamb of God — his Character — 



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his Sacrifice, and his Claim to 

Universal Attention. 

John 1: 35, 36. Again the next day after 
John stood, and two of his disciples ; and 
looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, 
Behold the Lamb of God ! 



R. Hall. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Christ's Mission in the Fulness of 
Time. 

Gal. 4: 4, 5. But when the fulness of the 
time was come, God sent forth his Son, made 
of a woman, made under the law, to re- 
deem them that were under the law, that 
we might receive the adoption of sons. 



The Light in which Christ regards 

his Followers. 

John 15: 15. Henceforth I call you not 
servants ; for the servant knoweth not what 
his lord doeth : hut I have called you friends ; 
for all things that I have heard of my Father 
I have made known unto you. 



The End for which Christ dedicated 

himself to God. 

John 17: 19. And for their sakes I sanc- 
tify myself, that they also might be sancti- 
fied through the truth. 



Simeon. The Circumstances of Christ's 

Death foreordained. 

Luke 22: 22. And truly the Son of man 
goeth, as it was determined. 



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Simeon. 



CHRIST. 



The Brazen Serpent a Type of 
Christ. 



John 3: 14, 15. And as Moses lifted up 
the serpent in the wilderness, even so must 
the Son of man be lifted up : that whoso- 
ever believeth in him should not perish, 
but have eternal life. 



Simeon. The Friends and the Enemies of 
Christ contrasted. 

Rev 17: 14. These shall make war with 
the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome 
them : for he is Lord of lords, and King 
of kings : and they that are with him are 
called, and chosen, and faithful. 



Simeon. Comparison between the Father's 
love to Christ, and Christ's love 
to us. 

John 15: 9. As the Father hath loved me, 
so have I loved you : continue ye in my 
love. 



Simeon. No Remission without Blood. 

Heb. 9: 22. And almost all things are by 
the law purged with blood ; and without 
shedding of blood is no remission. 



Simeon. 



An Inquiry into our Views of Christ. 
Mat. 22: 42. What think ye of Christ \ 



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Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



No Way to God but through Christ. 

John 14: 6. Jesus saithunto him, I am the 
way, and the truth, and the life ; no man 
cometh unto the Father, but by me. 



Hatred of Christ is Hatred of the 
Father. 

John 15: 23. He that hateth me hateth 
my Father also. 



Simeon. Christ Ever the same. 

Heb. 13: 8. Jesus Christ the same yester- 
day, and to-day, and forever. 



Simeon. The Fulness of Christ. 

Col. 1: 19. For it pleased the Father that 
in him should all fulness dwell. 



The Suitableness of Christ to the 

Believer's Necessities. 

1 Cor. 1: 30. But of him are ye in Christ 
Jesus, who of God is made unto us wis- 
dom, and righteousness, and sanctification, 
and redemption. 



Christ is All. 

Col. 3: 11. But Christ is all and in all. 



Smalley. The Father the Prototype of the Son . 

John 14: 8, 9. Philip saith unto him, Lord, 



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Smalley. 



L^throp. 



Blondel. 



Blondel. 



CHRIST. 

show us the Father, and it sufiiceth us. 
Jesus saith unto him. Have I been so long 
time with you, and yet hast thou not known 
me, Philip 1 he that hath seen me hath seen 
the Father. 



Christ must have his own place in 

the Gospel. 
Luke 9: 20. Whom say ye that I am 1 



The Work of Redemption Marvel- 
lous, but Divine. 

Matt. 21: 42. This is the Lord's doing, and 
it is marvellous in our eyes. 



Christ's Benevolence to an Impover- 
ished World. 

2 Cor. 8: 9. Though he was rich, yet for 
your sakes he became poor, that ye through 
his poverty might be rich. 



Ground of Enmity between Christ 

and Satan. 

Gen. 3: 14, 15. And the Lord God said 
unto the serpent, Because thou hast done 
this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and 
above every beast of the field ; upon thy 
belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou 
eat all the days of thy life. And I will put 
enmity between thee and the woman, and 
between thy seed and her seed ; it shall 
bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his 
heel. 



CHRIST. 



Blondel. Pre-eminence of Christ over 5 all 

Creatures. 

Col. 1: 18. And he is the head of the body, 
the church ; who is the beginning, the first- 
born from the dead } that in all things he 
might have the pre-eminence. 



Blondel. The Supreme Divinity of Christ. 
John 1: 1. The Word was God. 



Simeon. The Angels' Song at the Birth of 
Christ, 

Luke 2: 13, 14. And suddenly there was 
with the angel a multitude of the heavenly 
host praising God, and saying, Glory to 
God in the highest, and on earth peace, good 
will toward men. 



Simeon. Christ the Fountain of Life and 
Light. 

Ps. 36: 9. For with thee is the fountain 
of life : in thy light shall we see light. 



Simeon. Christ's Willingness to Save Sin- 
ners. 

John 6: 37. Him that cometh to me, I will 
in nowise cast out. 



Simeon. 



All Needful Supplies obtained 

through Christ. 
Phil. 4: 19. But my God shall supply all 



CHRIST. 



your need according to his riches in glory 
by Christ Jesus. 



Christ's Power to Succour the 

Tempted. 

Heb. 2: 18. For in that he himself hath 
suffered being tempted, he is able to succour 
them that are tempted. 



Christ considered as our Example. 

1 Pet. 2: 21. For even hereunto were ye 
called 5 because Christ also suffered for us, 
leaving us an example, that ye should follow 
his steps. 



In his Early Habits. 

Luke 2: 49-51. And he said unto them, 
How is it that ye sought me 1 wist ye not 
that I must be about my Father's business 1 
And they understood not the saying which 
he spake unto them. And he went down 
with them, and came to Nazareth, and was 
subject unto them ; but his mother kept all 
these sayings in her heart. 



In his Humiliation. 
Phil. 2: 5-8. 



In his Diligence in Serving God. 

John 4: 34. Jesus saith unto them, My 
meat is to do the will of him that sent me, 
and to finish his work. 



CHRIST. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



In his Diligence in Benefitting Men. 
Acts 10: 38. Who went about doing good. 



In his Condescension. 

John 13: 12-15. So after he had washed 
their feet, and had taken his garments, and 
was set down again, he said unto them, 
Know ye what I have done to you 1 Ye 
call me Master and Lord, and ye say well ; 
for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Mas- 
ter, have washed your feet ) ye also ought 
to wash one another's feet. For I have 
given you an example, that ye should do 
as I have done to you. 



As a Meek and Lowly Teacher. 

Mat. 11: 29. Take my yoke upon you, 
and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly 
in heart ; and ye shall find rest unto your 
souls. 



In his Resignation. 

John 12: 27, 28. Now is my soul troubled, 
and what shall I say 1 Father, save me from 
this hour : but for this cause came I unto 
this hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then 
came there a voice from heaven, saying, I 
have both glorified it, and will glorify it 
again. 



In his Patience under Sufferings. 

Heb. 12: 3. For consider him that endureth 
such contradiction of sinners against him- 
self, lest ye be wearied and faint in your 
minds. 



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Simeon. In his Intercession for his Enemies. 

Luke 23: 3k Then said Jesus, Father, 
forgive them ; for they know not what they 
do. 



Wiiitefield. The Good Shepherd. 

John 10: 27, 28. My sheep hear my voice, 
and I know them, and they follow me. And 
I give unto them eternal life, and they shall 
never perish, neither shall any man pluck 
them out of my hand. 



Pulpit Sketches. Children in the Temple 

Praising Christ. 

Mat. 21: 15, 16. And when the chief 
priests and scribes saw the wonderful things 
that he did, and the children crying in the 
temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son 
of David ; they were sore displeased, and 
said unto him, Hearest thou what these say \ 
And Jesus saith unto them, Yea ; have ye 
never read, Out of the mouth of babes and 
sucklings thou hast perfected praise % 



Pulpit Sketches. Necessity of Christ's Ascen- 
sion. 

Acts 3: 21. Whom the heaven must receive 
until the times of restitution of all things, 
which God had spoken by the mouth of all 
his holy prophets since the world began. 



Pulpit Sketches. Christ's Dominion. 

Rev. 1: 6. And hath made us kings and 
priests unto God and his Father \ to him 
be glory and dominion forever and ever. 
Amen. 



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Pulpit Sketches. God and the Redeemer Mu- 
tually Glorified. 

John 17: 1. These words spake Jesus, and 
lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, 
the hour is come ; glorify thy Son, that thy 
Son also may glorify thee. 



Pulpit Sketches. Christ the Light and Lustre 
of the Church. 

Is. 60: 1. Arise, shine, for thy light is 
come, and the glory of the Lord is risen 
upon thee. 



Pulpit Sketches. The Name of Jesus Fra- 
grant. 

Cant. 1: 3. Because of the savour of thy 
good ointments thy name is as ointment 
poured forth, therefore do the virgins love 
thee. 



Whitefield. Christ the Believer's Wisdom, 
Righteousness, Sanctification and 
Redemption. 
1 Cor. 1: 30. 



Prophecies Relating to the Mbssiah. 
Simeon. Abraham's Promised Seed. 

Gen. 22: 18. And in thy seed shall all the 
nations of the earth be blessed ; because 
thou hast obeyed my voice. 



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Simeon. 



CHRIST. 

Christ the True Shiloh. 

Gen. 49: 10. The sceptre shall not depart 
from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between 
his feet, until Shiloh come 5 and unto him 
shall the gathering of the people be. 



Simeon. Christ the Star spoken of by Balaam. 

Num. 24: 15-17. And he took up his par- 
able, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath 
said, and the man whose eyes are open hath 
said : he hath said, which heard the words 
of God, and knew the knowledge of the 
Most High, which saw the vision of the Al- 
mighty, falling into a trance, but having his 
eyes open : I shall see him, but not now : 
I shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall 
come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre 
shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the 
corners of Moab, and destroy all the chil- 
dren of Sheth. 



Simeon. Christ Job's Living Redeemer. 

Job 19: 25-27. For I know that my Re- 
deemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the 
latter day upon the earth : and though after 
my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my 
flesh shall 1 see God : whom I shall see for 
myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not 
another ; though my reins be consumed 
within me. 



Simeon. 



Christ Superseding the Legal Sac- 
rifices. 
Heb. 10: 5-10. 



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Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



God's Covenant Engagement with 

Christ and us. 
Ps. 86: 28-35. 



Signs of Messiah's Advent. 
Joel 2: 28-32. 



Effects of Christ's Advent. 
Mai. 3: 1-3. 



Import of the Names given to 
Christ. 

Mat. 1: 21-23. And she shall bring forth 
a son, and thou shalt call his name J&SUS : 
for he shall save his people from their sins. 
Now all this was done, that it might be 
fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by 
the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall 
be with child, and shall bring forth a son, 
and they shall call his name Emmanuel, 
which being interpreted is, God with us. 



Christ's Advent a Ground of Joy. 

Zech. 9 : 9. Rejoice greatly, daughter 
of Zion ; shout, daughter of Jerusalem : 
behold, thy King cometh unto thee : he is 
just, and having salvation ; lowly, and riding 
upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an 
ass. 



Christ's Incarnation. 

Isa. 9: 6. For unto us a child is born, unto 
us a son is given : and the government shall 
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CHRIST. 



be upon his shoulder : and his name shall 
be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The 
mighty God, The everlasting Father, The 
Prince of Peace. 



Simeon. Christ the Light and Salvation of 
the Gentiles. 

Isa. 49 : 6. And he said, It is a light thing 
that thou should est be my servant to raise up 
the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the pre- 
served of Israel : I will also give thee for a 
light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be 
my salvation unto the end of the earth. 



Simeon. Christ a Great Saviour. 

Isa. 10: 20. And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that the remnant of Israel, and 
such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, 
shall no more again stay upon him that 
smote them ; but shall stay upon the Lord, 
the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 



Simeon. Christ's Incarnation a Call to 

Worship him, 

Heb. h 6. And again, when he bringeth 
in the first-begotten iuto the world, he saith, 
And let all the angels of God worship him. 



Simeon. Christ's Execution of his Pastoral 
Office. 

Ezek. 34: 16. I will seek that which was 
lost, and bring again that which was driven 
away, and will bind up that which was bro- 
ken, and will strengthen that which was 
sick : but I will destroy the fat and the 
strong ; I will feed them with judgment. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



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Christ's Compassion towards the 
Weak. 

Mat. 12: 18-21. Behold my servant, whom 
I have chosen ; my beloved, in whom my 
soul is well pleased : I will put my Spirit 
upon him, and he shall show judgment to 
the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry ; 
neither shall any man hear his voice in the 
streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, 
and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he 
send forth judgment unto victory. And in 
his name shall the Gentiles trust. 



Christ a Suitable and All-Sufficient 
Help. 

Isa. 25: 4. For thou hast been a strength 
to the poor, a strength to the needy in his 
distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow 
from the heat, when the blast of the terrible 
ones is as a storm against the wall. 



Security and Comfort in Christ. 

Isa. 32: 2. And a man shall be as a hiding 
place from the wind, and a covert from the 
tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, 
as the shadow of a great rock in a weary 
land. 



Christ's Commission. 

Isa. 61: 1-3. The Spirit of the Lord God 
is upon me ; because the Lord hath anoint- 
ed me to preach good tidings unto the 
meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the 
broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the 
captives, and the opening of the prison to 
them that are bound ) to proclaim the accep- 



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table year of the Lord, and the day of ven- 
geance of our God ; to comfort all that 
mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn 
in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, 
the oil of joy for mourning, the garment 
of praise for the spirit of heaviness ; that 
they might be called trees of righteousness, 
the planting of the Lord, that he might be 
glorified. 



Simeon. Extent of Christ's Compassion. 

Ps. 146: 7, 8. Which executeth judgment 
for the oppressed, which giveth food to 
the hungry. The Lord looseth the prison- 
ers. The Lord openeth the eyes of the 
blind : the Lord raiseth them that are bowed 
down : the Lord loveth the righteous. 



Simeon. Christ Rewarded. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Isa. 52: 13. Behold my servant shall deal 
prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, 
and be very high. 



The Depth of Christ's Humiliation. 

Isa. 52: 14, 15. As many were astonished 
at thee ; his visage was so marred more 
than any man, and his form more than the 
sons of men : so shall he sprinkle many 
nations ; the kings shall shut their mouths 
at him : for that which had not been told 
them shall they see ; and that which they 
had not heard shall they consider. 



Christ's Death a Condition of our 
Salvation. 

Isa. 53: 10. Yet it pleased the Lord to 



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bruise him ; he hath put him to grief : when 
thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, 
he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his 
days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall 
prosper in his hand. 



Simeon. Christ's Satisfaction in his People. 

Isa. 53: 11. He shall see of the travail of 
his soul, and shall be satisfied : by his know- 
ledge shall my righteous servant justify 
many ; for he shall bear their iniquities. 



Simeon. The Fruit of Christ's Death and 

Intercession. 

Isa. 53: 12. Therefore will I divide him 
a portion with the great, and he shall di- 
vide the spoil with the strong ; because he 
hath poured out his soul unto death: and he 
was numbered with the transgressors $ and 
he bare the sins of many, and made inter- 
cession for the transgressors. 



Simeon. Christ's Resurrection and Glory. 

Ps. 16: 8-11. I have set the Lord always 
before me : because he is at my right hand, 
I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart 
is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh 
also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not 
leave my soul in hell 3 neither wilt thou 
suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 
Thou wilt show me the path of life : in thy 
presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right 
hand there are pleasures forevermore. 

Simeon. The End of Christ's Ascension. 

Ps. 68: 18. Thou hast ascended on high, 
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CHRIST. 



thou hast led captivity captive : thou hast 
received gifts for men ; yea, for the rebel- 
lious also, that the Lord God might dwell 

among them. 



SiMEon. Christ Victorious over all his 

Enemies. 

Isa. 45: 23-25. T have sworn by myself, 
the word is gone out of my mouth in right- 
eousness, and shall not return, That unto 
me every knee shall bow, every tongue 
shall swear. Surely, shall one say, In the 
Lord have I righteousness and strength : 
even to him shall men come ; and all that 
are incensed against him shall be ashamed. 
In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be 
justified, and shall glory. 



Simeon. Christ coming to Judgment. 

Jude 14, 15. And Enoch also, the seventh 
from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, 
Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand 
of his saints, to execute judgment upon 
all, and to convince all that are ungodly 
among them, of all their ungodly deeds 
which they have ungodly committed, and of 
all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners 
have spoken against him. 



SUBJECTS RELATING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
Regeneration is by the Spirit. 

John 3: 5. Except a man be born of the 
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. 



Howe. On Vexing the Holy Spirit. 

Isa. 63: 10. But they rebelled, and vex- 
ed his holy Spirit : therefore he was turned 
to be their enemy, and he fought against 
them. 



Jay. 



Saurin, 



Saurin. 



On Quenching the Holy Spirit. 
1 Thess. 5: 10. Quench not the Spirit. 



The Effusion of the Holy Spirit. 

Acts 2: 37. Now when they heard this, 
they were pricked in their heart, and said 
unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, 
Men and brethren, what shall we do ] 



The Teaching of the Spirit. 

1 John 2: 20. But ye have an unction from 
the Holy One, and ye know all things. 



G. N. Judd. Necessity of Divine Influence. 

Zech. 4: 6. Not by might, nor by power, 
but by my Spirit, saith the Lokd of hosts. 



52 HOLY SPIRIT. 

W. Smith. Resisting the Holy Ghost. 

Acts 7: 51. Ye stiff-necked, and uncir- 
cumcised in heart and ears, ye do always 
resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, 
so do ye. 



Hatfield. Baptism of the Holy Ghost. 

Acts 1: 5. For John truly baptized with 
water ; but ye shall be baptized with the 
Holy Ghost not many days hence. 



Emmons. Special Grace in Conversion. 

Ps. 100: 2. Thy people shall be willing 
in the day of thy power. 



Emmons. On the Unpardonable Sin. 

1 John 5: 16. There is a sin unto death. 



Emmons. The Nature and Author of Regene- 
ration. 

John 3: 7. Marvel not that I said unto thee, 
Ye must be born again. 



R. Hall. The Cause, Agent, and Purpose, of 

Regeneration. 

James 1: 18. Of his own will begat he us 
with the word of truth, that we should be 
a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. 



Simeon. 



The Ends for which the Holy Spirit 

is given. 

Ezek. 36: 26, 27. A new heart also will I 



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give you, and a new spirit will I put with- 
in you : and I will take away the stony 
heart out of your flesh, and I will give 
you a heart of flesh. And I will put my 
Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in 
my statutes, and ye shall keep my judg- 
ments, and do them. 



Simeon. The Work of the Spirit in Strength- 
ening Men for Suffering or Duty. 

Rom. 8: 26. Likewise the Spirit also 
helpeth our infirmities: for we know not 
what we should pray for as we oqght : but 
the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us 
with groanings which cannot be uttered. 



Simeon. The Personality and Office of the 

Holy Spirit. 

John 15: 26. But when the Comforter is 
come, whom T will send unto you from the 
Father, even the Spirit of truth, which pro- 
ceedeth from the Father, he shall testify 
of me. 



D. A. Clark. The Christian's Best Friend 

aggrieved. 

Eph. 4: 30. And grieve not the Holy Spirit 
of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the 
day of redemption. 



Smalley, A Revival of Pure Religion the 

Particular Work of the Spirit. 

Zech. 4: 6. Not by might, nor by power, 
but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. 



54 HOLY SPIRIT. 



Smalley. Attention to the Word excited by 

the Holy Spirit. 

Acts 16: 14. And a certain woman named 
Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of 
Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us : 
whose heart the Lord opened, that she at- 
tended unto the things which were spoken 
of Paul. 



Whitefield. The Holy Spirit convincing the 
World of Sin, Righteousness and 
Judgment. 
John 16: 8. 



Lathrop. The Dovelike Descent of the Holy 
Spirit. 

Luke 3: ; 22. And the Holy Ghost descended 
in a bodily shape like a dove upon him. 



The Spirit of the Lord not strait- 
ened. 

Mic. 2: 7. Is the Spirit of the Lord strait- 
ened? 



B. Dickinson. Outpouring of the Spirit under 
the Gospel. 

Isa. 32: 15. Until the Spirit be poured 
upon us from on high ; and the wilderness 
be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be 
counted for a forest. 



SUBJECTS RELATING TO THE WORD OP GOD. 

The Scriptures from God. 

2 Tim. 3: 16. All scripture is given by 
inspiration of God. 



The Scriptures the Light of the 
World. 

Ps. 119: 105. Thy word is a lamp unto my 
feet, and a light unto my path. 



The Scriptures suited to the Wants 

of Man. 
Ps. 119: 105. 



McIlvaine's Col. The Excellency and Glory 

of the Gospel. 

Eph. 3: 18, 19. May be able to compre- 
hend with all saints what is the breadth, 
and length, and depth, and height; and 
to know the love of Christ, which passeth 
knowledge, that ye might be filled with all 
the fulness of God. 



Saurin. The Sufficiency of Revelation. 

Luke 16: 29. Abraham saith unto him, 
They have Moses and the prophets $ let 
them hear them. 



56 WORD OF GOD. 

Griffin. The Value of the Gospel, 

Luke 7: 22. To the poor the gospel is 
preached. 



G. Sprtng. Internal Evidences of Revelation. 

Ps. 138: 2. For thou hast magnified thy 
word above all thy name. 



A. Green. The Efficacy of Divine Truth. 

Ps. 119: 130. The entrance of thy words 
giveth light ; it giveth understanding unto 
the simple. 



A. Dickinson. Right Use of the Scriptures. 

John 5: 39. Search the Scriptures; for in 
, them ye think ye have eternal life : and they 
are they which testify of me. 



Pres. Dwight. Life and Immortality revealed 
in the Gospel. 

2 Tim. 1: 12. Who hath abolished death, 
and hath brought life and immortality to 
light through the gospel. 



Chalmers. The Power of the Gospel to dis- 
solve the Enmity of the Heart 
against God. 

Rom. 8: 7. Because the carnal mind is en- 
mity against God : for it is not subject to 
the law of God, neither indeed can be. 



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Chalmers. The Union of Truth and Mercy in 

the Gospel. 

Ps. 85: 10. Mercy and truth are met to- 
gether. 



Simeon. The Change wrought by the Gospel. 

Isa. 55: 12, 13. For ye shall go out with 
joy, and be led forth with peace : the moun- 
tains and the hills shall break forth before 
you into singing, and all the trees of the 
field shall clap their hands. Instead of the 
thorn shall come up the fir tree, and in- 
stead of the brier shall come up the myrtle 
tree : and it shall be to the Lord for a name, 
for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut 
off. 



Simeon. Frailty of Man and Immutability of 
the Gospel. 

Isa. 40: 6-8. The voice said, Cry. And 
he said, What shall I cryl All flesh is 
grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as 
the flower of the field : the grass wither- 
eth, the flower fadeth : because the Spirit 
of the Lord bloweth upon it : surely the 
people is grass. The grass withereth, the 
flower fadeth: but the word of our God 
shall stand forever. 



Simeon. The Spirituality of the Law. 

Rom. 7: 7. What shall we say then 1 Is 
the law sinl God forbid. Nay, I had not 
known sin, but by the law : for I had not 
uknown lust, except the law had said. Thou 
shalt not covet. 

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WORD OF GOD. 



The Scriptures recommended. 

Detlt. 11: 18-21. Therefore shall ye lay up 
these my words in your heart and in your 
soul, and bind them for a sign upon your 
hand, that they maybe as frontlets between 
your eyes. And ye shall teach them your 
children, speaking of them when thou 
sittee! in thine house, and when thou 
walkest by the way, when thou liest down, 
and when thou risest up. And thou shalt 
write them upon the door posts of thine 
house, and upon thy gates : that your 
days may be multiplied, and the days of 
your children, in the land which the Lord 
sware unto your fathers to give them, as 
the days of heaven upon the earth. 



The Use and Benefit of the Scrip- 
tures. 

Ts. 11): 10, 11. More to be desired are they 
than irold, yea than much fine gold : sweeter 
also than honey and the honeycomb. More- 
over by them is thy servant warned : and 
in keeping of them there is great reward. 



The Law and the Gospel con- 
jointly Sustained. 

Mat. 5: 17. Think not that I am come to 
destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not 
COme to destroy, but to fulfil. 



The Mildness of the Laws of Christ. 

Mat. 1 I: 30. For my yoke is easy, and my 

burden is light. 



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Lathrop. Perspicuity of the Scriptures. 

2 Cor. 3: 12. We use great plainness of 
speech. 



Pres. Dwight. Those who believe not the 
Scriptures would not be per- 
suaded though one rose from the 
Dead. 

Luke 16: 31. And he said unto him, If they 
hear not Moses and the prophets, neither 
will they be persuaded though one rose from 
the dead. 



The Bible a Code of Laws. 
Ps. 19: 7-10. 

The Spirit of the Bible. 

Ps. 119: 156. Quicken me according to thy 
judgments. 



Beecher. 



Bobbins. 



SUBJE< TS RELATING TO THE SABBATH. 



Wilson. The Sabbath Instituted in Paradise. 

Gen. 2: 1-3. Thus the heavens and the 
earth were finished, and all the host of them. 
And on the seventh day God ended his 
work' which lie had made ; and he rested on 
the seventh day from all his work which he 
had made. And God blessed the seventh 
day, and sanctified it ; because that in it he 
had rested from all his work which God 
created and made. 



Wilson. The Sabbath under the Law of 

Moses. 

Ex. 20: 8-11. Remember the sabbath day, 
to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, 
and do all thy work : but the seventh day 
is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it 
thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy 
son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, 
nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy 
Btranger that is within thy gates: for in six 
days the Loud made heaven and earth, the 
M ' a i ftU that in them is, and rested 

the seventh day : wherefore the Lord bless- 
» <i the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 



Wilson. The Sabbath under the Gospel. 

Mark 2; 27,28. And he said unto them, 
Lhe Sabbath was made for man, and not 
1,111 ihc sal, hath. Therefore the Son of 
man is Lord also of the sabbath. 



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Wilson. Change of the Sabbath. 

Rev. 1: 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's 
day. 



Wilson. Duties of the Sabbath. 

Ezek. 20: 12. Moreover also I gave them my 
sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, 
that they might know that I am the Lord 
that sanctify them. 



Wilson. Importance of a Right Observance 
of the Sabbath and the Evils of 
its Abuse. 

Isa. 58: 1, 2. Cry aloud, spare not, lift tip 
thy voice like a trumpet, and show my 
people their transgression, and the house of 
Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily, 
and delight to know my ways, as a nation 
that did righteousness, and forsook not 
the ordinances of their God: they ask of 
me the ordinances of justice: they take de- 
light in approaching to God. 



Wilson. Guil t of the Profanation of the Sab- 
bath applied to Individuals and 
Nations. 

Neh. 13: 17, 18. Then I contended with 
the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, 
What evil thing is this that ye do, and pro- 
fane the sabbath day 1 Did not your fathers 
thus, and did not our God bring all this 
evil upon us, and upon this city 1 yet ye 
bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning 
the sabbath. 



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SABBATH* 

The Origin, Perpetuity, and Impor- 
tance of the Sabbath. 

Gen. 2: 2, 3. 



Duties and Considerations for Sat- 
urday Evening. 

Ex. 16: 23. And he said unto them, This 
is that which the Lord hath said, To-mor- 
row is the rest of the holy sabbath unto 
the Lord: bake that which ye will bake 
to-day, and seethe that ye will seethe ; and 
that which remaineth over, lay up for you 
to be kept until the morning'. 



\. Perpetual Obligation of the Sab- 
bath. 

Ex. 31: 17. It is a sign between me and 
the children of Israel forever: for in six 
days the Lord made heaven and earth, 
and on the seventh day he rested, and was 
rv freshed. 



Manner of Sanctifying the Sabbath. 

Ex, 31: 14. Ye shall keep the sabbath there- 
(ote\ for it is holy unto you: every one 
that defileth it shall surely be put to death : 
for whosoever doeth any work therein, 
that sou] shall be cut otf from among his 
people. 



15 1 The Sabbath Breaker. 

Numb. L5: 32. And while the children of 
were in the wilderness, they found a 
that gathered sticks upon the sabbath 

day, 



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SABBATH. 



Emmons. The Sabbath a divine, standing Or- 
dinance, appointed for the Benefit 
of all Men in all Ages. 

Mark 2: 37. And he said unto them, The 
sabbath was made for man, and not man for 
the sabbath. 



The Lord's Day commemorative of 
Christ's Resurrection. 

Ps. J 18: 24. This is the day which the Lord 
hath made ) we will rejoice and be glad in it. 



SUBJECTS APPROPRIATE TO MAN AS A BEING. 
Barrow. The Pleasantness of Religion. 

Prov. 3: 17. Her ways are ways of pleas- 
antness, and all her paths are peace. 



Barrow. The Profitableness of Godliness. 

1 Tim. 4: 8. But godliness is profitable for 
all things. 



Barrow. The Reward of Honouring God. 

1 Sam. 2: 30. For them that honour me, I 
will honour. 



Barrow. Upright Walking Sure Walking. 

Prov. 10: 9. He that walketh uprightly 
walketh surely. 



Barrow. Of [ndustry in our Calling. 

Rom. 12: 11. Not slothful in business. 



Barrow. No< to offend in Word, an evidence 
of a high degree of Virtue, 

Jamei 3: 2. [f any man o fiend not in word, 
the Bame M a perfect man. 



MAN AS A BEING. 



Barrow. 



Against Foolish Talking and Jest- 
ing. 

Eph. 5: 4. Nor foolish talking nor jesting, 
which are not convenient. 



Barrow. The Folly of Slander. 

Prov. 10: 18. He that uttereth a slander, 
is a fooL 



Barrow. Evil Speaking in General. 

Tit. 3: 2. To speak evil of no man. 



Barrow. Against rash Censuring and Judg- 
ing. 

Mat. 7: 1. Judge not, that ye be not 
judged. 



Barrow. On Minding our own Business. 

1 Thess. 4: 11. And that ye study to be 
quiet, and to do your own business. 



Barrow. On the Love of God. 

Howe. Mat. 22: 3T. Jesus said unto him, Thou 

shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all 
thy mind. 



Barrow. On the Love of our Neighbour. 

Mat. 22: 39. And the second is like unto 
it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 



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Barrow. 



MAN AS A BEING. 



Barrow. 



Jay. 



The Nature, Properties, and Acts 

of Charity. 
Eph. 5: 2. And walk in love. 



Submission to the Divine Will. 

Luke 22: 42. Nevertheless, not my will, 
but thine, be done. 

2 Sam. 15: 25, 26. Let him do to me as 
seemeth good unto him. 



Barrow. Contentment. 

Phil. 4: 11. I have learned in whatever 
state I am, therewith to be content. 
Jay. 1 Tim. 6: 8. And having food and raiment 

let us be therewith content. 



Barrow. The Reasonableness and Equity of a 
Future Judgment. 

Eccl. 3: 17. God shall judge the righteous 

and the wicked. 



Barrow, The Certainty and Circumstances 
of a Future Judgment. 

Acts 10: 42. And to testify that it is he 
which wis ordained of God to be the Judge 
Of quick and dead. 



B rrow. Honesty in the Sight of God and 
Man, 

2 Cor. B: 21. Providing for honest things, 



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67 



not only in the sight of the Lord, but also 
in the sight of men. 



Appleton. Influence of Religion cn the Con- 
dition of Man. 

Isa. 54: 13, 14-. And all thy children shall 
be taught of the Lord ; and great shall be 
the peace of thy children. In righteousness 
shalt thou be established : thou shalt be far 
from oppression ; for thou shalt not fear : 
and from terror ; for it shall not come near 
thee. 



Appleton. Consequences of Neglecting the 
great Salvation. 

Heb. 2: 3. How shall we escape, if we ne- 
glect so great salvation % 



Appleton. On Conscience. 

Rom. 2: 15. Which show the work of the 
law written in their hearts, their conscience 
also bearing witness, and their thoughts the 
mean while accusing or else excusing one 
another. 



Howe. The Gospel commends itself to 
every Man's Conscience. 

2 Cor. 4: 2. Commending ourselves to 
every man's conscience in the sight of 
God. 



MAN AS A BEING. 



God marking Iniquity. 

Ps. 130: 3. If thou, Lord, shouldest mark 
iniquities, O Lord, who shall standi 

Aids to Self-Knowledge. 

2 Kings 8: 13. And Hazael said, But what ! 
is thy servant a dog, that he should do this 
great thing 1 



The Mind composed by Confidence 
in God. 

Isa. 26: 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect 
peace whose mind is stayed on thee. 



The Final Change. 

1 Cor. 15: 51, 52. Behold, I show you a 
mystery ; We shall not all sleep, but we 
shall all be changed, in a moment, in the 
twinkling of an eye, at the last trump : 
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead 
shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall 
be changed. 

The Work of each Day done in its 
appropriate Season. 

Ezra 3: 1. As the duty of every day re- 
quired* 



How we are to Honour God in 
Trouble, 

a. -1: 15. Glorify ye the Lord in the 

lirrs. 



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Independence of Character. 
Dan. 3: 16-18. 



The first and most profitable Pur- 
suit. 

Mat. 6: 33. But seek ye first the kingdom 
of God, and his righteousness ; and all 
these things shall be added unto you. 



Life Enjoyed and Improved. 

Eccl. 3: 12. I know that there is no good in 
them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do 
good in his life. 



Sins of the Tongue. 

Ps. 141: 3. Set a watch, O Lord, before 
my mouth $ keep the door of my lips. 



The Condemnation of Self- Will. 

Job 34: 33. Should it be according to thy 
mind % 



The Gospel demands and deserves 
Attention. 

Mark 4: 23. If any man have ears to hear, 
let him hear. 



Concupiscence Punished. 

Numb. 11: 33. And while the flesh was yet 
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MAN AS A BEING. 



between Ibeir teeth, ere it was chewed, the 
wrath of the Lord was kindled against the 
people, and the Lord smote the people with 
a very great plague. 



Jay, The Disappointments of Life. 

Job 29: 18. Then I said, I shall die in my 
nest. 



McIlvainr's Collection. Nearness of Eter- 
nity. 

1 Pet. 4: 7. But the end of all things is at 
hand : be ye therefore sober, and watch 
unto prayer. 



McIlvaine's Collection. Diligent Improve- 
ment of Talents in Preparation 

for Heaven. 

Mat. 25: 14, 15. For the kingdom of heaven 
is as a man travelling into a far country, 
who called his own servants, and delivered 
unto them his goods. And unto one he 
gave five talents, to another two, and to 
another one ; to every man according to 
his several ability ; and straightway took his 
journey. 



M< [lvainb's Collection. Presumptuous Plans. 

.lames 1: 13 15. Co to now, ye that say, 
To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a 
city, and continue there a year, and buy, and 
■ell, and get nain : whereas ye know not 
what shall be on the morrow. For what is 



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71 



your life 1 It is even a vapour, that appear- 
eth for a little time, and then vanisheth 
away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord 
will, we shall live, and do this or that. 



McIlvaine's Col. The Course of the World. 

Eph. 2: 2. Wherein in time past ye walk- 
ed, according to the course of this world, 
according to the prince of the power of the 
air, the spirit that now worketh in the chil- 
dren of disobedience. 



Saurin. The Price of Truth. 

Prov. 23: 23. Buy the truth. 



Saurin. The Sale of Truth. 

Prov. 23: 23. Sell it not. 



Saurin. The Equality of Mankind. 

Prov. 22: 2. The rich and poor meet to- 
gether : the Lord is the maker of them all. 



Saurin. The Worth of the Soul. 

Mat. 16: 26. For what is a man profited, 
if he shall gain the whole world, and lose 
his own soul % or what shall a man give in 
exchange for his soul % 



Saurin. Real Liberty. 

John 8: 36. If the Son therefore shall make 
you free, ye shall be free indeed. 



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MAN AS A BEING. 



S m kin, The Judgment 

T. Edwakds. Hcb. 9: 27. And as it is appointed unto 
m< ii once to die, but after this the judgment. 
2 Cor. 5: 10. For we must all appear before 
the judgment seat of Christ ; that every one 
may receive the things done in his body, 
according to that he hath done, whether it 
be good or bad. 



Saurin The Necessity of Universal Obe- 
dience. 

James '2: 10. For whosoever shall keep 
the whole law, and yet offend in one point, 
lie is guilty of all. 



Saurin. The Great Duties of Religion. 

Mat. 23: 23. Wo unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of 
mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omit- 
ted the weighter matters of the law, judg- 
ment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to 
have done, and not to leave the other un- 
done. 



S dri» The Smalt. Duties of Religion. 
The same text. 



Kai kin Imaginary Schemes of Happiness. 

Eccles. 1: 9, The thing that hath been, it is 
tfi<n which shall he; and that which is done 
ii that which shall be done: and there is 
qq Qf "\v thing under the sun. 



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Saurin. Cause and Remedy for Fear of 
Death. 

Heb. 2: 14, 15. Forasmuch then as the 
children are partakers of flesh and blood, 
he also himself likewise took part of the 
same ; that through death he might de- 
stroy him that had the power of death, that 
is, the^devil ; and deliver them who through 
fear of death were all their lifetime subject 
to bondage. 



Saurin. Difficulties in Religion. 

1 Cor. 13: 9. We know in part. 



T. H. Skinner. The Utility of Prayer. 

Job 21: 15. What profit should we have, 
if we pray unto him 1 



S. Miller. The Evidence and Duty of being on 
the Lord's Side. 

Ex. 32: 26. Then Moses stood in the gate 
of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's 
side? 



L. Woods. Duties of the Rich. 

1 Tim. 6: 17-19. Charge them that are 
rich in this world, that they be not high- 
minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but 
in the living God, who giveth us richly all 
things to enjoy ; that they do good, that 
they be rich in good works, ready to distri- 
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MAN AS A P,EIN(;. 



bate, willing to communicate; laying up 
in store for themselves a good foundation 
against the time to come, that they may lay 
hold on eternal life. 



D.A I LARK. .Mirror of Human Nature. 

Prov. 27: 19. As in water face answer eth 
to face, so the heart of man to man. 



D, A Clark. Practical Test of Love or En- 
mity to God. 

Mai. 1:6. A son honoureth his father, and 
a servant his master : if then I a father, 
where is mine honour 2 and if I be a master, 
where is my fear % 



E. T . The Duty of Reproof. 

Eph. 5: 11. And have no fellowship with 
the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather 

reprove them. 



B. V\ I>\Li>\\ i\. The Final Judgment. 

Heb. 9: 27. After this the judgment. 



I \\ oodbridge. Pride abased by the Gospel. 

1 Cor. 1: 29. That no flesh should glory 
in his presence. 



J H Church. The Final Condition of,all Men. 

Mat. 25: 46. And these shall go away into 



MAN AS A BEING. 75 

everlasting punishment : but the righteous 
into life eternal. 



J. H. Rice. The Power of Love and Truth. 

2 Cor. 10: 4. For the weapons of our war- 
fare are not carnal, but mighty through 
God to the pulling down of strong holds. 



L. Halsey. On Praying for all in Authority. 

E. Porter. 1 Tim. 2: 1, 2. I exhort therefore, that, 
first of all, supplications, prayers, inter- 
cession, and giving thanks, be made for all 
men. For kings, and for all that are in 
authority; that we may lead a quiet and 
peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 



D. A. Clark. It might have been presumed that 
Men would treat kindly the Son 
of God. 

Mat. 21: 37. They will reverence my Son. 



D. A. Clark. The Man of the World and the 
Christian contrasted, as they en- 
counter the Storms of Life. 

Isa. 40: 30, 31. Even the youths shall 
faint and be weary, and the young men 
shall utterly fall : but they that wait upon 
the Lord shall renew their strength ; they 
shall mount up with wings as eagles ; they 
shall run, and not be weary 5 and they shall 
walk, and not faint. 



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H. Humphrey. Solemn Responsibility. 

1 Thess. 5: 22. Abstain from all appearance 

of evil. 



L. Woops, Fatal Himlerance to Prayer. 

Ps. 66: IS. If I regard iniquity in my heart, 
the Lord will not hear me. 



(x. Spring. Wealth a fearful Snare to the Soul. 

Mark 10:23. And Jesus looked round about, 
and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall 
they that have riches enter into the king- 
dom of God ! 



Kollock. The Duty of Restitution. 

Luke 19: 8. If I have taken any thing from 
any man by false accusation, I restore him 
four-fold. 



J. Hopkins* The Law not Repealed by the 

Gospel. 

Rom. 3: 31. Do we then make void the 
law through faith I God forbid: yea, we 
establish the law. 



J. EDWARDS. The infinite Worth of the Soul. 

W: 8, The redemption of their soul is 
precious, and it ceaseth forever. 



MAN AS A BEING. 



77 



Pres. Da vies. Joshua's Resolution explained 

McDowell, and enforced. 

Josh. 24: 15. As for me, and my house, we 
will serve the Lord. 



E. Hall. Forgiveness of Others, a Condition 

of Divine Forgiveness. 

Mat. 6: 12. And forgive us our debts, as 
we forgive our debtors. 



Emmons. Man urged 
dignified 
1 Kings 2: 2. 



to act worthily of his 
Nature. 

Show thyself a man. 



Envy one of the basest Passions, 

Esther 5: 13. Yet all this availeth me noth- 
ing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sit- 
ting at the king's gate, 



Little Things blight the fairest 

Prospects. 

Cant. 2: 15. Take us the foxes, the little 
foxes, that spoil the vines; for our vines 
have tender grapes. 



Man admonished of his Duty by in- 
ferior Creatures, 

Prov. 6: 6. Go to the ant, thou sluggard] 
consider her ways 3 and be wise,« 



MAN AS A BEING. 

Connection of Obedience and Bless- 
ings. 

Mark: 5. Stretch forth thine hand. 



A vain Curiosity reproved. 

John 21: %% What is that to thee \ follow 
thou me. 



The Value and Use of Money. 
Eccl. 10: 19. Money answereth all things. 



The demoralizing Influence of bad 

Examples. 

1 Cor. 15:33. Be not deceived ; evil com- 
munications corrupt good manners. 



A Man's Religion maybe his Ruin. 

Isa. 2S: 20. For the bed is shorter than 
that a man can stretch himself on it ; and 
the covering narrower than that he can wrap 

himself in it. 



Joseph's Affection worthy of Imita- 
t ion. 

Gen. 45; I. I am Joseph your brother. 



The Path of Human Happiness. 

1 >S - '1: There be many that say, Who 



MAN AS A BEING. 79 

will show us any good ? Lord, lift thou up 
the light of thy countenance upon us. 



Little Things make up the Charac- 
ter of a Man. 

Luke 16: 10. He that is faithful in that 
which is least, is faithful also in much ; and 
he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also 
in much. 



Man must render his final Account 
to God. 

Luke 16: 2. Give an account of thy stew- 
ardship. 



Chandler. Knowledge and Practice, necessary 
to Happiness. 

John 13: 17. If ye know these things, hap- 
py are ye if ye do them. 



J. P. Williams. Obedience essential to Sal- 
vation. 

Rev. 22: 14. Blessed are they that do his 
commandments, that they may have right 
to the tree of life, and may enter in through 
the gates into the city. 



J. P. Williams. Modesty of Apparrel. 

1 Tim. 2: 9. In like manner also, that wo- 
men adorn themselves in modest apparel, 
with shamefacedness and sobriety; not 



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MAN AS A BEING. 



with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or 
costly array. 



J.P, Williams, The Dulyof Confessing Christ. 

Mat. 10: 3-2, 33. Whosoever therefore 
shall confess me before men, him will I 
confess also before my Father which is in 
heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before 
men, him will I also deny before my Father 
which is in heaven. 



J. P. Williams. The only proper Object of 

Solicitude. 

Phil. 4: 6. Be careful for nothing, but in 
every thing by prayer and supplication with 
thanksgiving let your requests be made 
known unto God. 



J. P. Williams. The Value of Life. 

Isa. 38: 18, 19. For the grave cannot 
praise thee, death can not celebrate thee ; 
they that go down into the pit cannot hope 
for thy truth. The living, the living, he 
shall praise thee, as I do this day. 



Emmons. The Joy of a clear Conscience. 

2 Cot. 1: 12. For our rejoicing is this, the 
testimony of our conscience, that in simpli- 
citj and godly sincerity, not with fleshly 
wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have 
had our conversation in the world, and 
more abundantly to you-ward. 



MAN AS A BEING. 



Religion essential to Contentment, 

and Contentment to Happiness. 

1 Tim. 6: 6. Bat godliness with content- 
ment is great gain. 



The Living go to the Dead. 

2 Sam. 12: 23. I shall go to him, but he 
shall not return to me. 



Emmons. The Final Harvest. 

Matt. 13: 39. The harvest is the. end of the 
world, and the reapers are the angels. 



Emmons. The essential and immutable Differ- 
ence between Right and Wrong. 

Isa. 5: 20. Wo unto them that call evil 
good, and good evil ; that put darkness for 
light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter 
for sweet, and sweet for bitter. 



Emmons. Man's Activity and Dependence 

illustrated. 

Phil. 2: 12, 13. Wherefore, my beloved, as 
ye have always obeyed, not as in my pre- 
sence only, but now much more in my ab- 
sence, work out your own salvation with 
fear and trembling. For it is God which 
worketh in you both to will and to do of his 
good pleasure. 

Emmons. The proper Design and Energy of 
Prayer. 

Gen. 32: 28. And he said, Thy name shall 
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MAX AS A BEING. 

be called no more Jacob, but Israel ; for as 
a prince hast thou power with God and with 
men, and hast prevailed. 



Sinful Customs opposed with Re- 
luctance. 

2 Kings 5: IS. In this thing the Lord par- 
don thy servant, that when my master goeth 
into the house of Kimmon to worship there, 
and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow my- 
self in the house of Rimmon : when I bow 
down myself in the house of Rimmon, the 
Lord pardon thy servant in this thing. 



Pres. Da vies. Connection between present Ho- 
liness and future Felicity. 

Heb. 12: 14. Follow peace with all men, 
and holiness, without which no man shall 
see the Lord. 



Pres, Da vies. Things Unseen preferred to things 
Seen. 

2 Cor. 4: 18. While we look not at the 
things which are seen, but at the things 
'Which are not seen ; for the things which 
are seen are temporal, but the things which 
are not seen are eternal. 



Pres. Davies. The General Resurrection. 

John 5: 28, 19. Marvel not at this: for the 
hour is coming, in the which all that are in 
the graves shall hear his voice, and shall 
cninc forth; they that have done good, unto 
the resurrection of life ; and they that have 
done evil, unto the resurrection of damna- 
tion. 



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Emmons. 



MAN AS A BEING. 83 

Pres. Da vies. The One Thing Needful. 

Luke 10: 42. But one thing is needful. 



Pres. Da vies. The Saints Saved with Difficulty, 
and the Perdition of Sinners cer- 
tain. 

1 Pet. 4: 18. And if the righteous scarcely 
be saved, where shall the ungodly and the 
sinner appear 1 



Pres. Da vies. Ingratitude to God a Heinous 

but General Iniquity. 

2 Chron. 32: 25. But Hezekiah rendered 
not again according to the benefit done unto 
him ; for his heart was lifted up $ therefore 
there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah 
and Jerusalem. 



Pres. Da vies. The Rule of Equity. 

Mat. 7: 12. Therefore all things whatso- 
ever ye would that men should do to you, 
do ye even so to them ; for this is the law and 
the prophets. 



Pres. Davies. Religion the Highest Wisdom. 

Ps. Ill: 10. The fear of the Lord is the 
beginning of wisdom ; a good understanding 
have all they that do his commandments. 



Pres. Davies. The Primitive and Present State 
of Man compared. 
Eom. 5: 17. For if by one man*s offence 



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death reigned by one ; much more they 
which receive abundance of grace and of 
the gift of righteousness shall reign in life 

by one, Jesus Christ. 

Pres. Davits. The Certainty of Death. 

Ezek. 33: 8. wicked man, thou shalt surely 
die. 

E. Payson. Amiable Instincts not Holiness. 

Mark 10: 21, 22. Then Jesus beholding 
him loved him, and said unto him, One 
thing thou lackest : go thy way, sell 
whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, 
and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; 
and come, take up the cross, and follow 
me. And he was sad at that saying, and 
went away grieved ] for he had great pos- 
sessions. 



E. Payson. The Universal Law of Forgiveness. 

Luke 17: 3, 4. Take heed to yourselves : 
If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke 
him : and if he repent, forgive him. And if 
he t respass against thee seven times in a day, 
and seven times in a day turn again to thee, 
saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him. 



E Pa vsox. Fraud Exposed and Condemned. 

Prov, 20: 14. It is naught, it is naught, 
saith the buyer; but when he is gone his 
way, then he boasteth. 

Equality of Men with Angels. 

Luke 20: 36. For they are equal unto the 
angels. 



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85 



A. Fuller. The Instances, Evil Nature, and 

Dangerous Tendency of Delay 

in Matters of Religion. 

Hag. 1: 2. Thus speaketh the Lord of 
hosts, saying, This people say, The time is 
not come, the time that the Lokd's house 
should be built. 



A. Fuller. The Nature and Importance of a 

Deep and Intimate Knowledge of 

Divine Truth. 

Heb. 5; 12-14. For when for the time ye 
ought to be teachers, ye have need that one 
teach you again which be the first principles 
of the oracles of God ; and are become such 
as have need of milk, and not of strong- 
meat. For every one that useth milk is 
unskilful in the word of righteousness, for 
he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to 
them that are of full age, even those who by 
reason of use have their senses exercised 
to discern good and evil. 



A. Fuller. The Christian Doctrine of Rewards. 

Gal. 6: 7, 8. Be not deceived, God is not 
mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth, that 
shall he also reap. For he that soweth to 
his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; 
but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the 
Spirit reap life everlasting. 



A. Fuller. The Gospel the only Effectual Means 
of Producing Universal Peace 
among Mankind. 
Mai. 4: 5, 6. Behold, I will send you 



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MAN AS A BEING. 



Elijah the prophet before the coming of the 
great and dreadful day of the Lord. And 
he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the 
children, and the heart of the children to 
their fathers, lest I come and smite the 
earth with a curse. 



A. Fuller. The Nature and Importance of Love 
to God. 

Josh. 23: 11. Take good heed therefore 
unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your 
God. 



A. Fuller. Christianity an Antidote to Pre- 

SLimotion and Despair. 

1 John 2: 1. And if any man sin, we have 
an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ 

the righteous. 



A. Fuller. The Sorrow attending Wisdom and 

Knowledge. 

Eccl. 1: 17, 18. And I gave my heart to know 
wisdom, and to know madness and folly : I 
perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 
For in much wisdom is much grief, and 
he that increaseth knowledge increaseth 
sorrow. 



A. Fuller. The Magnitude of the Heavenly In- 
heritance. 

Rom. 8: 18. For I reckon that the suffer- 
ings of this present time are not worthy to 
be compared with the glory which shall be 
revealed in us. 



MAN AS A BEING. 



87 



Chalmers. The Preparation necessary for un- 
derstanding the Mysteries of the 
Gospel. 

Mat. 13: 11, 12. He answered and said 
unto them, Because it is given unto you to 
know the mysteries of the kingdom of 
heaven, but to them it is not given. For 
whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and 
he shall have more abundance ; but whoso- 
ever hath not, from him shall be taken away 
even that he hath. 



Chalmers. An Estimate of the Morality that is 

without Godliness. 

Job 9: 30-33. If I wash myself with snow- 
water, and make my hands never so clean : 
yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and 
mine own clothes shall abhor me. For he is 
not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, 
and we should come together in judgment. 
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, 
that might lay his hand upon us both. 



Chalmers. The Judgment of Men and of God 

compared. 

1 Cor 4: 3, 4. But with me it is a very 
small thing that I should be judged of you, 
or of man's judgment; yea, I judge not 
mine own self. For I know nothing of my- 
self, yet ami not hereby justified ; but he 
that judgeth me is the Lord. 



Chalmers. The Folly of Men measuring them- 
selves by themselves. 
2 Cor. 10: 12. For we dare not make our- 



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MAN AS A BEING. 



selves of the number, or compare ourselves 
with some that commend themselves ; but 
they measuring themselves by themselves, 
and comparing themselves among them- 
selves, are not wise. 

Chalmers. The Emptiness of Natural Virtue. 

.Id] in 5: 1 ~. But I know you, that ye have 
not the love of God in you. 

Chalmers. The Blessings of Redemption. 

Luke 1: 79. To give light to them that sit 
in darkness and in the shadow of death, to 
guide our feet into the way of peace. 



K. Hall. The End of Man's Existence. 

Ezek. 15: 2. Son of man, What is the vine 
tree more than any tree, or than a branch 
which is among the trees of the forest 1 

Patience. 

Beb. 10: 36. Ye have need of patience. 

On the Duty, Happiness, and Hon- 
our of Maintaining the Course 
prescribed to us by Providence. 
Acts 13: 25. As John fulfilled his course. 



The Vanity of Man apart from his 
[mmottalil v. 

vt| : 17. Remember how short my time 
isjj wherefore hast thou made all men in 



R. Hall. 
R. Hall. 

R Hall, 



R. Hall. 



R. Hall. 



R. Hall. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



MAN AS A BEING. 89 

The Love of Life. 

Job 2: 4. All that a man hath will he give 
for his life. 



Nature and Danger of Evil Com- 
munications. 

1 Cor. 15: 33. Evil communications cor- 
rupt good manners. 



Points of Agreement in the State of 

the Rich and the Poor. 

Prov. 22: 2. The rich and poor meet to- 
gether 5 the Lord is the maker of them all. 



The Carnal and Spiritual Mind con- 
trasted. 

Rom 8: 6. For to be carnally minded is 
death ; but to be spiritually minded is life 
and peace. 



Duty of casting our Care on God. 

1 Pet. 5: 7. Casting all your care upon 
him 5 for he careth for you. 



Importance of being in Favour with 
God. 

Job 34: 29. When he giveth quietness, 
who then can make trouble % and when he 
hideth his face, who then can behold him % 
whether it be done against a nation, or 
against a man only. 



MAX AS A BEING. 

Folly of Departing from the Simpli- 
city of the ( rospel. 

Gal. 3: 1. O foolish Galatians, who hath 
bewitched you, that ye should not obey the 
truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath 
been evidently set forth, crucified among 

you I 



The World and the Christian's God 

contrasted. 

3Iieh. 4: 5. For all people will walk every 
one of the name of his god, and we will 
walk in the name of the Lord our God 
for ever and ever. 



The good Effects of a candid At- 
tention to the Gospel. 

Acts 17: 11, 12. These were more noble 
than those in Thessalonica, in that they 
received the word with all readiness of mind, 
and searched the scriptures daily, whether 
those things were so. Therefore many of 
them believed ; also of honourable women 
which were Greeks, and of men not a few. 



The Duty of Trusting in God. 

Jer. 17: 58. Blessed is the man that trust- 
eth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord 
is. 



( !on sequences of Neglecting Prayer. 

fsa. 64i 7. And there is none that calleth 
upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to 
take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy 



MAN AS A BEING. 



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Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



face from us, and hast consumed us, be- 
cause of our iniquities. 



Duty of Persevering in Prayer. 

Luke 18: 1. And he spake a parable unto 
them to this end, that men ought always 
to pray, and not to faint. 



Fruits of God's Favour. 

Hos. 14: 5-7. I will be as the dew unto 
Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast 
forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches 
shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the 
olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They 
that dwell under his shadow shall return ; 
they shall revive as the corn, and grow as 
the vine : the scent thereof shall be as the 
wine of Lebanon. 



Necessity of Faith in Christ. 

John 3: 36. He that believeth on the Son 
hath everlasting life ; and he that believeth 
not the Son shall not see life; but the 
wrath of God abideth on him. 



Means of Attaining True Wisdom. 

2 Cor. 3: 18. If any man among you seem- 
eth to be wise in this world, let him become 
a fool, that he may be wise. 



The Danger of Defiling God's Tem- 
ple. 

1 Cor. 3: 16, 17. Know ye not that ye are 
the temple of God, and that the Spirit of 



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MAN AS A BEING. 



Clod dwefleth in you 1 If any man defile 
the temple of God, him shall God destroy ; 
for the temple of God is holy, which temple 
ye are. 



SlMI h 



Simeon. 



Moderation in the Use of Earthly 
Things. 

1 Cor. 7: 29-31. But this I say, brethren, 
The time is short. It remaineth, that both 
they that have wives, be as though they had 
none ; and they that w r eep, as though they 
wept not ; and they that rejoice, as though 
they rejoiced not ; and they that buy, as 
though they possessed not ; and. they that 
use this world, as not abusing it: for the 
fashion of this w r orld passeth away. 



Consequences of Sloth. 

Prov. 20: 4. The sluggard will not plough 
by reason of the cold ; therefore shall he 
beg in harvest, and have nothing. 



Simeon. The Sinfulness of Murmuring against 
God. 

Prov. 19: 3. The foolishness of man per- 
verteth hisway; andhis heart fretteth against 
the Lord. 



Simeon. The Folly of Creature Confidence. 

Hos. 13. \\ hen Ephraim saw his sick- 
11688, and Judah saw his wound, then went 
Ephraim t<> the Assyrian, and sent to king 
Jareb; yet could he no t heal you, nor cure 
you ol your woimk 1 . 



MAN AS A BEING. 



93 



Danger of Pride. 

Hos. 5: 5. And the pride of Israel doth 
testify to his face. 

Against Self-Confidence. 

1 Cor. 10: 12. Wherefore let him that 
thinkethhe standeth, take heed lest he fall. 

Against an Over-Righteous Spirit. 

Eccl. 7: 16. Be not righteous over much. 

Means of Security against the Mal- 
ice of Satan. 

Luke 22: 31, 32. And the Lord said, Simon, 
Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have 
you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I 
have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail 
not ; and when thou art converted, stengthen 
thy brethren. 

The Good Old Way. 

Jer. 6: 16. Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in 
the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, 
where is the good way, and walk therein, 
and ye shall find rest for your souls. 



God's Assistance a Motive to Effort. 

Phil. 2: 12, 13. Wherefore, my beloved, 
as ye have always obeyed, not as in my 
presence only, but now much more in my 
absence, work out your own salvation with 
fear and trembling. For it is God which 
worketh in you both to will and to do of 
his good pleasure. 

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MAN AS A EKING. 

Duties of Moderation and Watch- 
fulness. 

1 Thess* 5: 8. But let us, who are of the 
day, be sober, putting en the breastplate of 
faith and love , and lor a helmet, the hope 
of salvation. 



How to seek Heaven with Success. 

1 Pet. 1: 13. Wherefore gird up the loins of 
your mind, be sober, and hope to the end 
for the grace that is to be brought unto you 
at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 



Christianity intended to promote our 

Happiness. 

John 15: 11. These things have I spoken 
unto you, that my joy might remain in you, 
and that your joy might be full. 



Necessity of Holy Fear. 

1 Pet. 1: 17. Pass the time of your so 
journing here in fear. 



Immoderate Desires reproved. 

Jer. If): 5. And seekest thou great things 
lor thyself I seek (hem not. 



Exhortation to Diligence. 
He& 6; 12. That ye be not slothful. 



MAN AS A BEING. 



95 



The Gift of the Spirit an Encour- 
agement to Obedience. 

John 14: 15-17. If ye love me, keep my 
commandments. And I will pray the Father, 
and he shall give you another Comforter, 
that he may abide with you for ever; 
even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world 
cannot receive, because it seeth him not, 
neither knoweth him : but ye know him ; 
for he dwelleth in you, and shall be in you. 



The Reward of Obeying the Gospel. 

James 1: 25. But whoso looketh into the 
perfect law of liberty, and continueth there- 
in, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer 
of the fwork, this man shall be blessed in 
his deed. 



Preservation from Sin more desira- 
ble than deliverance from Afflic- 
tion. 

John 17: 15. I pray not that thou shouldest 
take them out of the world, but that thou 
shouldest keep them from the evil. 



On following Good Examples. 

Phil. 3: 17. Brethren, be followers togeth- 
er of me, and mark them which walk so as 
ye have us for an ensample. 



The Importance of Preparing for 

our Great Account. 
Job 31: 14?. What then shall I do when 



96 MAW AS A BEING. 



God riseth up 1 and when he visiteth, what 

shall 1 answer him I 



Simeon. Encouragement in God. 

1 Sam. 30: 6. But David encouraged him- 
self in the Lord his God. 



Simeon. Paul's Meekness. 

1 Cor. 4: 12, 13. And labour, working with 
our own hands: being reviled, we blsss ; 
being persecuted, we suffer it : being de- 
famed, we entreat : we are made as the 
jilth of the earth, and are the offscouring of 
all things unto this day. 



Simeon. We should flee from Sin with Ab- 
horrence. 

den. 39: 9. How then can I do this great 
wickedness, and sin against Godl 



Simeon. Job's Patience. 



James 5: 11. Ye have heard of the patience 
of Job. 



Simeon. Humiliation for the Sin of the 
Heart. 

2 Chton. 32: 26. Notwithstanding, Heze- 
kiah bumbled himself for the pride of his 
heart, both he and the inhabitants of Je- 



MAN AS A BEING. 



97 



rusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord 
came not upon them in the days of Heze- 
kiah. 



Simeon. The Magnanimity of the Apostles. 

Acts 5: 41, 42. And they departed from the 
presence of the council, rejoicing that 
they were counted worthy to suffer shame 
for his name. And daily in the temple, and 
in every house, they ceased not to teach 
and preach Jesus Christ. 



D. A. Clark. Man his Brother's Keeper. 

Gen. 4: 9. Am I my brother's keeper 1 



D. A. Clark. Wrath Conquered by Love. 

Rom. 12: 21. Be not overcome of evil, but 
overcome evil with good. 



D. A. Clark. The Enlightened Conscience Un- 
bending. 

1 Cor. 8: 13. Wherefore, if meat make my 
brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while 
the world standeth, lest I make my brother 
to offend. 



D. A. Clark. The Wise Man Wise for Futurity. 

Deut. 32: 29. O that they were wise, that 
they understood this, that they would con- 
sider their latter end ! 

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98 MAN AS A BEING. 

Smalley. On Self-Love; or Regarding our 
own Happiness. 

IM). Jls 26, Esteeming the reproach of 
Christ greater riches than the treasures in 
Egypt : for he had respect unto the recom- 
pense of the reward. 



Smalley. The Universal Sinfulness of Man- 
kind. 

1 John 1: 8. If we say that we have no 
sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is 
not in us. 



Smalley. Perpetual Trouble the Universal 
Inheritance of the Race of Adam. 

Job 5: 7. Yet man is born unto trouble, as 
the sparks fly upward. 



Smalley. On the Esteem and Friendship of 
our Fellow Men. 

Prov. 22: 1. A good name is rather to be 
chosen thai) great riches, and loving fa- 
vour rather than silver and gold. 



Smalley. Veracity to he inviolably inain- 
tained between Man and Man. 

Eph. I: 25. Wherefore putting away lying, 
ip «1 every man truth with his neighbour: 
for we are members one of another. 



Smalley. 



Smalley. 



Smalley. 



Dana. 



Dana. 



Dana. 



man as a being. 99 

On Virtuous and Sinful Anger. 

Eph. 4: 26. Be ye angry, and sin not : let 
not the sun go down upon your wrath. 



Humbleness of Mind a necessary 

Preparation for future Glory. 

Mat. 5: 5. Blessed are the meek: for they 
shall inherit the earth. 



The certain Compensation of mer- 
ciful Men. 

Mat. 5: 7. Blessed are the merciful : for 
they shall obtain mercy. 



Faith and Practice. 

1 Tim. 6: 3. If any man teach otherwise, 
and consent not to wholesome words, even 
the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to 
the doctrine whichis according to godliness. 



Religion our own Choice. 

Josh. 24: 15. And if it seem evil unto you 
to serve the Lord, choose you this day 
whom ye will serve. 



God's Glory Man's Supreme End 

and Happiness. 

1 Cor. 10: 31. Whether therefore ye eat, 
or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to 
the glory of God. 



100 

Dan i. 

Dana. 



Dana. 
Dana. 



Dana. 



Dana. 



KAN AS A BEING. 



Excellence of Religion: 

Prow 12: 2C>. The righteous is more ex 
ecllent than his neighbour. 



] [appiness of Life. 

Ps. 34: S. O taste and see that the Lord 
is good : blessed is the man that tr usteth in 
him. 



The Standard of Honour. 

Prow 3: 35. The wise shall inherit glory: 
but shame shall be the promotion of fools. 



Good Company recommended. 

Ps. 119: 63. I am a companion of all them 
that fear thee, and of them that keep thy 
precepts. 



Caution against Bad Company. 

Ps. 1: 1. Blessed is the man that walketh 
not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand- 
el h in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the 
scat of the scornful. 



( laution against Bad Books. 

Prov. 19i 27. Cease, my son, to hear the in- 
BtructioB that causeth to err from the words 
of knowledge. 



MAN AS A BEING. 



101 



Dana. Frugality. 

John 6: 12. When they were filled, he said 
unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments 
that remain, that nothing be lost. 



Dana. Dissipation. 



2 Tim. 3: 4. Lovers of pleasures more than 
lovers of God. 



Tholuck. Causes of Fruitless Resolutions. 

Ps. 119: 67. Before I was afflicted I went 
astray, but now have I kept thy word. 



Tholuck. Inquiry concerning the Work of 
God. 

Numb. 23: 23. What hath God wrought ! 



McWhorter. Excellencies and Evils of the 
Tongue. 

James 3: 6. And the tongue is a fire, a 
world of iniquity: so is the tongue among 
our members, that it defileth the whole body, 
and setteth on fire the course of nature $ 
and it is set on fire of hell. 



A. Lee. The Human Character determined 
only by God. 
1 Cor. 4: 3, 4. But with me it is a very 



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MAN AS A BEING. 



small thing that I should be judged of yon, 
oi of man's judgment : yea, I judge not mine 
own self. For 1 know nothing of myself ; 
yet am 1 not hereby justified : but he that 
judgeth me is the Lord. 



A. Lee. Characters will be disclosed and 

Justice awarded. 

1 Cor. 4: 5. Who both will bring to light 
the hidden things of darkness, and will 
make manifest the counsels of the hearts. 



Lathrop. The Guilt and Danger of Unbe- 



lief. 



Isa. 53: 1. Who hath believed our report 1 
and to whom is the arm of the Lord re- 
vealed ] 



Lathrop. Pilate's Indifference to Truth. 

John 18: 38. Pilate saith unto him, What 
is truth 1 



Lathrop. The Influence of Religion to en- 
large the Mind. 

2 Cor. 6: 13. Now for a recompense in 
the same, (1 speak as unto my children,) be 
ye also enlarged. 



L ATiiiior 



God is to be Glorified in all our 
Act ions. 

1 ret* 1: 11. If any man speak, let him 



MAN AS A BEING. 



103 



speak as the oracles of God ; if any man 
minister, let him do it as of the ability 
which God giveth : that God in all things 
may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to 
whom be praise and dominion forever and 
ever. Amen. 



Lathrop. Avarice and Dishonesty covered 
with the Pretext of Prudence and 
Charity. 

Mat. 26: 8. To what purpose is this waste % 



Lathrop. The Wisdom and Importance of 
Religion. 

Prov. 4: 7. Wisdom is the principal thing ; 
therefore get wisdom : and with ail thy get- 
ting get understanding. 



Lathrop. The Peace and Safety of the 

Good Man. 

Ps. 4:8. I will both lay me down in peace, 
and sleep : for thou, Lord, only makest me 
dwell in safety. 



Lathrop. Morning Devotions. 

Ps. 5: 3. My voice shalt thou hear in the 
morning, O Lord ; in the morning will I di- 
rect my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 



Lathrop. Beasts and Birds Preaching to Man. 

Job 12: 7. But ask now the beasts, and 
they shall teach thee ; and the fowls of the 
air, and they shall tell thee. 



10 4 



MAN AS A BEING. 



Lathrop. Universal Obligation of Religion. 

2 Kino-s 17:40,41. Howbeit they did not 
hearken, but they did after their former 
manner. So these nations feared the Lord, 
and served their graven images, both their 
children, and their children's children : as 
did their fathers, so do they unto this day. 



Lathrop. Folly Conspicuous in a Virtuous 
Character. 

Eccl. 10: 1. Dead flies cause the ointment 
of the apothecary to send forth a stinking 
savour : so doth a little folly him that is in 
reputation for wisdom and honour. 



Lathrop. Death and Judgment. 

Heb. 9: 27. And as it is appointed unto 
men once to die, but after this the judg- 
ment. 



Lathrop. Impiety of alleging God's Prom- 
ise as a Reason for Neglecting 
Duty. 

Mat. 4: 5-7. Then the devil tabeth him up 
into the holy city, and setteth him on a 
pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto 
him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thy- 
self down, for it is written, He shall give 
Ins angels charge concerning thee: and in 
their l.;m<!s they shall bear thee up, lest at 
any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 
Jrsns said unto him, It is written again, 
'1 hou shall not tempt the Lord thy God. 



MAN AS A BEING* 



105 



Jesus rising Early for Secret 
Prayer. 

Mark 1: 35. And in the morning, rising 
up a great while before day, he went out, 
and departed into a solitary place, and there 
prayed. 



Necessity of Settled Principles in 
Religion. 

Gen. 49: 4. Unstable as water, thou shalt 
not excel. 



J. Clark. An Evil Heart of Unbelief. 

Heb. 3: 12. Take heed, brethren, lest there 
be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, 
in departing from the living God. 



J. Clark. Improving Religious Advantages. 

Mat. 13: 12. For whosoever hath, to him 
shall be given, and he shall have more abun- 
dance : but whosoever hath not, from him 
shall be taken away even that he hath. 



Tappan. Duty of taking no Thought for the 
Morrow* 

Mat. 6: 34. Take therefore no thought for 
the morrow: for the morrow shall take 
thought for the things of itself. Sufficient 
unto the day is the evil thereof. 



Tappan. Religion the One Thing Needful. 

Luke 10: 42. But one thing is needful. 
10 



Lathrop. 



Lathrop. 



106 

Hokm:. 
HORNE, 
HORJNE. 

HORNE. 



Blair. 
Blair. 



MAN AS A BEING. 

Blessings of a Cheerful Heart. 

Prov. 17: 22. A merry heart doeth good 
like medicine. 



On the ( Government of the Thoughts. 

Prov. 17: 22. Keep thy heart with all dili- 
gence. 



Character of True Wisdom, and 

Means of obtaining it. 

Prov. 4: 7. Wisdom is the principal thing, 
therefore get wisdom. 



The different Condition of Men in 
the present and future World. 

Luke 16: 25. But Abraham said, Son, re- 
member that thou in thy lifetime receivedst 
thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil 
things: but now he is comforted, and thou 
art tormented. 



Union of Piety and Morality. 

Acts 10: 4. Thy prayers and thine alms are 
come up for a memorial before God. 



Influence of Religion upon Adver- 
sity. 

Pa. 27: 5. For in the time of trouble he 
•hall bide me in his pavilion : in the secret 
of bis tabernacle shall he hide me ; he shall 
set me upon a rock. 



MAN AS A BEING. 



107 



Influence of Religion upon Pros- 
perity. 

Ps 1: 3. And he shall be like a tree planted 
by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth 
his fruit in his season : his leaf also shall not 
wither ; and whatsoever he doeth shall pros- 
per. 



Our Imperfect Knowledge of a Fu- 
ture State. 

1 Cor. 13: 12. For now we see through a 
glass darkly. 



Disorders of the Passions. 

Esther 5: 13. Yet all this availeth me noth- 
ing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sit- 
ting at the king's gate. 



Our Ignorance of Good and Evil. 

Eccl. 6: 12. For who knoweth what is 
good for man in this life, all the days of 
his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow 1 
for who can tell a man what shall be after 
him under the sun? 



Devotion. 

Acts 10: 2. Cornelius — a devout man. 



Power of Conscience. 

Gen. 42: 21, 22. And they said one to 
another, We are verily guilty concerning 



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MAN AS A BEING. 



our brother, in that we saw the anguish of 
his soul, when he besought us, and we 
would not hear : therefore is this distress 
come upon us. And Reuben answered them, 
Baying, Spake t not unto you, saying, Do 
not sin against the child ; and ye would 
not hear 1 therefore, behold, also his blood 
is required. 



Blair. Motives to Constancy in Virtue. 

Gal. 6: 9. Let us not be weary in well- 
doing : for in due season we shall reap if 
we faint not. 



Blair. Importance of Order in Conduct. 

1 Cor. 14: 40. Let all things be done de- 
cently and in order. 

Blair. Danger of Evil Thoughts. 

Prov. 30: 32. If thou hast thought evil, 
lay thine hand upon thy mouth. 



S. S. Smith. Folly and Guilt of being Ashamed 
of Christ. 

Mark 1 8: 38. Whosoever therefore shall 
be ashamed of me and of my words in this 
adulterous and sinful generation ; of him 
also shall the Son of man be ashamed, 
when he cometh in the glory of his Father 
with the holy angels. 



MOORE, Disobedience. 

Gen. 3: 6. And when the woman saw that 
the tree wm good for food, and that it was 



MAN AS A BEING. 



109 



pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be de- 
sired to make one wise, she took of the fruit 
thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her 
husband with her ) and he did eat. 



Fairfax. Forgetfulness of our Sins. 

Hos. 7: 2. And they consider not in their 
hearts that I remember all their wicked- 
ness ; now their own doings have beset 
them about ; they are before my face. 



Perkins. Public Spirit. 

Ex. 32: 32. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive 
their sin : and if not, blot me, I pray thee, 
out of thy book which thou hast written. 



Burder. Preparation for Death. 

Mat. 24: 44. Therefore be ye also ready : 
for in such an hour as ye think not the Son 
of man cometh. 



Burder. Universal Good News. 

Mark 16: 15. And he said unto them, Go 
ye into all the world, and preach the gospel 
to every creature. 



Burder. Sin Odious to God. 

Jer. 44: 4. Oh, do not this abominable 
thing that I hate. 



Pres. Dwight. On the Love of Distinction. 

John 12: 43. For they loved the praise of 
men more than the praise of God. 
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110 



MAN AS A BEING. 



Pres. Dwight. On Independence of Mind. 

Josh. 1: 6, 7. Be strong- and of a good 
courage : for unto this people shalt thou 
divide for an inheritance the land which I 
sware unto their fathers to give them. Only 
be thou strong and very courageous, that 
thou mayest observe to do according to 
all the law which Moses my servant com- 
manded thee : turn not from it to the right 
hand or to the left, that thou mayest pros- 
per whithersoever thou goest. 



Pres. Dwight. On Doing Good. 

Gal. 6: 10. As we have therefore opportu- 
nity, let us do good unto all men. 



Pres. Dwight. The Folly of Trusting our own 
Hearts. 

Prov. 28: 26. He that trusteth in his own 
heart is a fool. 



Pres. Dwight. On Sloth. 

Prov. 24: 30-32. I went by the field of the 
slothful, and by the vineyard of the man 
void of understanding ; and lo, it was all 
grown over with thorns, and nettles had 
covered the face thereof, and the stone 
wall thereof was broken down. Then I 
saw, and considered it well : I looked upon 
it, and received instruction. 



Zollikofer, \ alue of Solitude. 

Mark I; 12. And imme liately the spirit 
driveth him into the wilderness. 



MAN AS A BEING. 



Ill 



Zollikofer. Value of Friendship. 

Prov. 18: 24. A man that hath friends must 
show himself friendly ; and there is a friend 
. that sticketh closer than a brother. 



Zollikofer. Value of Learning. 

1 Kings 10: 8. Happy are thy men, happy 
are these thy servants, which stand contin- 
ually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 



Zollikofer. Value of Civil and Religious Lib- 
erty. 

1 Cor. 7: 23. Ye are bought with a price ; 
be not ye the servants of men. 



Zollikofer. Value of Afflictions. 

Heb. 12: 11. Now no chastening for the 
present seemeth to be joyous, but griev- 
ous : nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the 
peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them 
which are exercised thereby. 



Zollikofer. Value of a Good Reputation. 

Prov. 22: 1. A good name is rather to be 
chosen than great riches, and loving favour 
rather than silver and gold. 



Zollikofer. Difference between Prosperity 
and Happiness. 

Eccl. 2: 10, 11. And whatsoever mine eyes 
desired I kept not from them. I withheld 
not my heart from any joy $ for my heart 
rejoiced in all my labour \ and this was my 



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MAN AS A BEING. 



portion of all my labour. Then I looked on 
all the works that my hands had wrought, 
and on the labour that I had laboured to do : 
and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of 
spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. 



Zollikofer. Sources of Human Happiness. 

Ps. 34: 8. taste and see that the Lord 
is good : blessed is the man that trusteth in 
him. 



Pres. Humphrey. Union is Strength. 

Gen. 11: 6. And the Loud said, Behold, the 
people is one, and they have all one lan- 
guage ; and this they begin to do : and now 
nothing will be restrained from them, which 
they have imagined to do. 



Leighton. Nature and Importance of Heavenly- 
Wisdom. 

James 3: 17. But the wisdom that is from 
above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, 
and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and 
good fruits, without partiality, and without 
hypocrisy. 



Leighton. Present Duty. 



John 21: 22. What is that to thee ] Fol- 
low thou me. 



Leighton. Folly of Man and the Teaching of 
God. 6 

Jer. 10: 23, 24. Lord, I know that the 



MAN AS A BEING. 



113 



way of man is not in himself: it is not in 
man that walketh to direct his steps, 
Lord, correct me, but with judgment ; 
not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to 
nothing. 



Massilox. On the Small Number of the Saved. 

Luke 1: ;27. And many lepers were in 
Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet ; 
and none of them was cleansed, saving Naa- 
man the Syrian. 



Massilon. On the Employment of Time. 

John 7: 33. Then said Jesus unto them, 
Yet a little while am I with you, and then I 
go unto him that sent me. 



Massilox. On False Trust. 

Luke 24: 21. But we trusted that it had 
been he winch should have redeemed Israel. 



Massilon. On the Vices and Virtues of the 
Great. 

Mat. 1: s - Again, the devil taketh him 
up into an exceeding high mountain, and 
showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, 
and the glory of them. 



Massilon. The Injustice of the World towards 

the Godly. 

John 9: 24. Give God the praise : we know 
that this man is a sinner. 



1 M MAN AS A BEING. 

MA88IL0N. The Truth of Religion. 

.Mat. 8: 10. Verily I say unto you, I have 
nut found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 



M iSSiLON, Doubts upon Religion. 

John 7: 27. Howbeit, we know this man, 
whence lie is: but when Christ cometh, no 
man knoweth whence he is. 



II A. Boardman. Piety essential to Man's Tem- 
poral Prosperity. 

1 Tim. 1: 8. For bodily exercise profiteth 
little: but godliness is profitable unto all 
things, having promise of the life that now 
is, and of that which is to come. 



Austin. The Incomparable Excellency of 

Religion in the Life of Man. 

Deut. 32: 4-7. For it is not a vain thing 
for you ; because it is your life : and through 
this thing ye shall prolong your days in the 
land, whither ye go over Jordan to pos* 

sess it. 



L. Wi thing ton. The Soul of Man. 

Gen. 2: 7. And man became a living soul. 

11 151 shnell, Living to God in Small Things. 

Luke L6: 10. He that is faithful in that 
which is leapt, is faithful in much; and 
nr thai is unjust iu the least, is unjust 

also in much, 



J. Todd. 



J. Todd. 



Barrow. 



MAN AS A BEING. 115 

The Guilt and Danger of Secret 
Sins. 

Ps. 19: 12. Who can understand his er- 
rors 1 cleanse thou me from secret faults. 



Selfishness the Great Sin. 

Phil. 2: 21. For all seek their own, not 
the things which are Jesus Christ's. 



Obedience an Immediate Duty. 

Ps. 119: 60. I made haste, and delayed 
not to keep thy commandments. 



SUBJECTS APPROPRIATE TO MAN AS A SINNER. 

Pm>. Aitlktov Sinners without Excuse at 
the Great Day. 

Jot 31: 11. What then shall I do when 
God risetb up I and when he visiteth, what 
dial! 1 answer him 1 



Prrs. Appleton. Tendency of the Gospel when 

rejected. 

John 9: 39. And Jesus said. For judgment 
1 am come into this world, that they which 
see not might see \ and that they which 
see might be made blind. 



Blunt. The affectionate Invitation of the 
Saviour. 

Mat. 11: 28. Come unto me, all ye that 
labour and are heavy laden, and I will give 

you rest. 



Blunt. Acquaintance with God. 

Job 22: 21. Acquaint thyself now with 
him, and be at peace. 



J iT. 



The Unfruitful, Shameful, and De- 
st ructive ( Sharacters of Sin. 

Knhi. 6: 21. What fruit had ye then in 



MAN AS A SINNER. 



117 



those things whereof ye are now ashamed 1 
for the end of those things is death. 



The Fearful Results of Contending 
with God. 

Isa. 45: 9. Wo unto him that striveth with 
his Maker. 



God abandons the Incorrigible. 

Hos. 4: 17. Ephraim is joined to idols : 
let him alone. 



The Scripture despised. 

Hos. 8: 12. I have written to him the great 
things of my law, but they were counted 
as a strange thing. 



The Dissembling Sinner Detected 

and Punished. 
2 Kings 5: 20-27. 



Dying Regrets. 

Prov. 5: 11, 12. And thou mourn at the 
last, when thy flesh and thy body are con- 
sumed, and say, How have I hated instruc- 
tion, and my heart despised reproof ! 



The Secure Alarmed. 

Amos 6: 1. Wo to them that are at ease 
in Zion. 

11 



MAN AS A SINNER. 



The Abuse of Divine Forbearance. 

Eccl. 8:11. Because sentence against an 
evil work is not executed speedily, there- 
lure the heart of the sons of men is fully 
set in them to do evil. 



Difference between the Righteous 
and the Wicked. 

1 John 3: 10. In this the children of God 
are manifest, and the children of the devil: 
whosoever doeth not righteousness is not 
of God, neither he that loveth not his 
brother* 



Neutrality in Religion exposed. 

Mat. 6: 21. No man can serve two mas- 
ters: for either he will hate the one, and 
love the other ; or else he will hold to the 
one, and despise the other. Ye cannot 
serve God and mammon. 



The Sinner in Hell. 

Rev. 11: 11. And the smoke of their tor- 
ment ascendeth up forever and ever : and 
they have do rest day nor night, who wor- 
ship the beast and his image, and whosoever 
receiveth the mark of his name. 



The Doom of the Righteous and 
tin 4 Wicked contrasted. 

Rev. 21: 7,8, lie that overcometh shall 
inherit all things; and I will be his God, 
and lie shall be my son. But the fearful, 



MAN AS A SINNER. 



119 



and unbelieving, and the abominable, and 
murderers, and whoremongers, and sor- 
cerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall 
have their part in the lake which burneth 
with fire and brimstone : which is the 
second death. 



God's Controversy. 

Micah 6: 1-3. Hear ye now what the Lord 
saith ; Arise, contend thou before the 
mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 
Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's contro- 
versy, and ye strong foundations of the 
earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with 
his people, and he will plead with Israel. 
my people, what have I done unto thee 1 
and wherein have I wearied thee 1 testify 
against me. 



The Sentence passed upon Judas. 

Mat. 26: 24. It had been good for that 
man if he had not been born. 



The Sinner his own Destroyer. 

Hos. 13: 9. Israel, thou hast destroyed 
thyself. 



On the Delay of Conversion. 

Isa. 55: 6. Seek ye the Lord while he may 
be found, call ye upon him while he is near. 



The Unpardonable Sin. 

Heb. 6: 4-6. For it is impossible for those 



l-jo 



MAN AS A SINNER. 



who were once enlightened, and have tasted 
of the heavenly gift, and were made parta- 
kers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the 
good word of God, and the powers of the 
world to come, if they shall fall away, to 
renew them again unto repentance ; seeing 
they c rucify to themselves the Son of God 
afresh, and put him to an open shame. 



i\. Regeneration its Nature, Necessity 
and Author. 

John 3: 1-8. 



L, Bee< her, The Native Character of Man. 

1 John 4: 7. Every one that loveth is 
horn of God. 



C. Wilcox. The Unreasonableness of Indeci- 
sion. 

Acts 26: 28. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, 
Almost thou persuadest me to be a Chris- 
tian. 



A \\ Li land. The Pure Gospel rejected by 

the Perishing. 

1 Cor. h 18. For the preaching of the 
cross is to them that perish foolishness $ 
but unto us which are saved it is the power 
of God. 



A V G riswold. The Malady and Physician of 
the Soul. 

Luke 5: 31. They that are whole need not 
a physician ; but they that are sick. 



MAN AS A SINNER. 



121 



B. Tyler. Free Salvation. 



Eev. 22: 17. Whosoever will, let him take 
of the water of life freely. 



T. Snell. Sovereign Grace. 

Rom. 9: 21. Hath not the potter power 
over the clay, of the same lump to make 
one vessel unto honour, and another unto 
dishonour 1 



R. Emerson. The Chief Evil of Sin. 

Ps. 1: 4. Against thee, thee only, have I 
sinned, and done this evil in thy sight. 



B. Green. Evangelical Truths offensive to the 
Unrenewed, but joyous to the 
Believer. 

Mat. 11: 6. And blessed is he, whosoever 
shall not be offended in me. 



A. Hyde. The Nature and Reasonableness of 
Submitting to God. 

2 Kings 7: 3-4. And there were four 
leprous men at the entering in of the gate : 
and they said one to another, Why sit we 
here until we die 1 If we say, we will 
enter into the city, then the famine is in the 
city, and we shall die there : and if we sit 
still here, we die also. Now therefore 
come, and let us fall unto the host of the 
Syrians : if they save us alive, we shall 
live : and if they kill us, we shall but die. 
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122 MAN AS A SINNER. 

.1. M. Mason. Assurance of Faith and Hope. 

k 2 Tim. 1: 12. I know whom I have be- 
lieved, and am persuaded that he is able to 
keep thai which 1 have committed unto him 
ag&insl that day. 



.!. Matthews. The Sinner's Imminent Danger. 

Mat. 7: 13. Wide is the gate, and broad fa 
the way. that leadeth to destruction, and 
many there be which go in thereat. 



J. Matthews. The Sinner's Immediate Duty. 

Mat. 7: 13. Enter ye in at the strait gate. 



II. Humphrey. A Dreadful Meeting. 

Isa. 17: 3. I will take vengeance, and I 
will not meet thee as a man. 



M. Tucker. The Guilt of Inefficiency and De- 
lay. 

lohfl I: 11. How long shall thy vain 
thoughts lodge within thee! 



W. T. Hamilton. Why the Wicked are suffered 
to live. 

Job 21: 7. Wherefore do the wicked live 1 



W. Mitchell. The Facility with which the 
Wicked go to Destruction. 
Mat. 7: 13. Broad is the way, &c. 



MAN AS A SINNER. 123 

J. McDowell. Human Depravity and its Rem- 
edy. 

j 

John 15: 3. Now ye are clean through the 
word which I have spoken unto you. 



S. K. Kollock. Conviction by the Law. 

E. Pond. Rom. 7: 9. For I was alive without the 
law once ; but when the commandment 
came, sin revived, and I died. 



J. Parker. Conviction of Sinners at the Judg- 
ment. 

Jude 14, 15. And Enoch also, the seventh 
from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, 
Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thou- 
sand of his saints, to execute judgment 
upon all, and to convince all that are un- 
godly among them of all their ungodly 
deeds which they have ungodly committed, 
and of all their hard speeches which ungod- 
ly sinners have spoken against him. 



E. W. Hooker. The Sinner and not the Be- 
liever Deranged. 

Acts 26: 24,25. And as he thus spake for 
himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, 
thou art beside thyself $ much learning doth 
make thee mad. But he said, I am not 
mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth 
the words of truth and soberness. 



12 1 MAN AS A SINNER. 

\\ B, Sprague, The Probability of Perdition 
inferred from present Impeni- 
tence. 

Rev. 22: 11. He that is unjust, let him be 
unjust still : and he which is filthy, let him 
he filthy still. 



V> . 13. Sprague. The Wicked surprised by their 

own Destruction. 

Lam. 1: 9. She remembereth not her last 
end ; therefore she came down wonder- 
fully. 



N. Porter. Sinners avoid Conviction. 

John 3: 20. For every one that doeth evil 
hateth the light. 



G. N. Judd. Sinners urged to a Reconciliation 

Pres. Da vies, with God. 

2 Cor. 5: 20. Now then we are ambas- 
sadors for Christ, as though God did be- 
seech you by us: we pray you in Christ's 
stead, be ye reconciled to God. 



T. S. Barrett. The Foolish Rich Man. 

Luke 12: 16-20. 



<i. A. Calhoun. The Character, Conduct and 
Destiny of the Jailer and Felix 
contrasted. 

Acts hi: 29-34, and 24<: 25-27. 



MAN AS A SINNER. 



125 



B. Tyler. Human and Divine Agency united. 

N. Emmons. Phil. 2: 12, 13. Work out your own sal- 
vation with fear and trembling : for it is God 
that worketh in you both to will and to do 
of his good pleasure. 

L.Beecher. John 15:5. Without me ye can do nothing. 



J. Holmes. The Measure of the Sinner's Duty. 

2. Cor. 8: 12. For if there be first a willing 
mind, it is accepted according to that a man 
hath, and not according to that he hath not. 



A. Edson. God's Claims and the Sinner's Im- 
mediate Duty. 

1 Sam. 15: 22. And Samuel said, Hath the 
Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and 
sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the 
Lord 1 Behold, to obey is better than sac- 
rifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 



P. Cooke. The Unknown Depths of Sin. 

Luke 23: 34. They know not what they do. 



W. B. Sprague. Choosing the Good Part. 

Luke 10: 42. Mary hath chosen that good 
part, which shall not be taken away from 
her. 



M. Tucker. Alarm to the Careless. 

Isa. 32: 11. Be troubled, ye careless ones. 



12H MAN AS A SINNER. 

AY. Nevins. The Solemn Question answered. 

Jcr. 8: 6. What have I done ? 



R. S. Storks. Preparation to meet God. 

Amos i: 12. Prepare to meet thy God. 



1). Dickinson, The Ground of the Difficulty of 
Conversion. 

Jer. 2: 25. Thou saidst, There is no hope : 
no ; for I have loved strangers, and after 
them will I go. 



T. E, Vekmilye. The Guilt of Unbelief. 

John 16: 9. Of sin, because they believe 
not on me. 



<i. C. Bi:< kvv ith. The Danger and Folly of De- 
lay. 

Acts 24: 25. And as he reasoned of right- 
eousness, temperance, and judgment to 
come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go 
thy way for this time ; when I have a con- 
venient season, I will call for thee. 



J M INN. The Obstinate Perverseness of Men. 

Jer, s : 5, They hold fast to deceit; they 
refuse to return. 



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J. M. Matthews. Critical Periods in the Sin- 
ner's Life. 

Luke 19: 42-44. This thy day — the time 
of thy gracious visitation. 



J. Milnor. Parable of the Tares. 
Mat. 13: 24-30. 



D. A. Clark. The Sinner's desperate Deprav- 
ity. 

Jer. 3: 5. Behold, thou hast spoken and done 
evil things as thou couldest. 



J. Milnor. The State and Character of the 
Natural Man, and the Agency by 
which he is Rescued from Spirit- 
ual Death. 

Eph. 2: 1. AndyoutoA he quickened , who 
were dead in trespasses and sins. 



W. T. Hamilton. Perdition Dreadful. 

Ps. 26: 9. Gather not my soul with sin- 
ners. 



E. Pond. Necessity and Means of Regenera- 
tion. 

John 3: 3. Jesus answered and said unto 
him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except 
a man be born again, he cannot see the 
kingdom of God. 



12S MAN AS A SINNER. 

13 M. Palmer. The Sinner arraigned and con- 
Pres. Davies. victed. 

Dan. 5:27. TEKEL ; Thou art weighed 
in the balances, and art found wanting. 



R, W. Bailey, The Nature, Necessity, and Ev- 
idences of Repentance. 

Acts 2: 38. Then Peter said unto them, 
Repent, and be baptized every one of you 
in the name of Jesus Christ for the remis- 
sion of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of 
the Holy Ghost. 



Pres. Dwight. The Harvest past. 

E. F. Cutter. Jer. 8: 26. The harvest is past, the summer 
is ended, and we are not saved. 



I). Magee. Carelessness about Religion unrea- 
sonable. 

Acts 18: 17. And Gallio cared for none of 
those things. 



\. Emmons. Reconciliation with God. 

Mat. 5: 25, 26. Agree with thine adversary 
quickly, while thou art in the way with 
him ; lest at any time the adversary deliver 
thee to the judge, and the judge deliver 
thee to the officer, and thou be cast into 
prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt 
by no means come out thence, till thou hast 
paid the uttermost farthing'. 



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G. Spring. The Alarming Power of Sin. 

Jer. 13: 23. Can the Ethiopian change his 
skin, or the leopard his spots 1 then may 
ye also do good, that are accustomed to do 
evil. 



W. B. Sprague. The Abounding Grace of the 
Gospel. 

Luke 14: 22. And yet there is room. 



Destructive Consequences of Self- 
Flattery. 

Prov. 14: 12. There is a way which seem- 
eth right unto a man, but the end thereof 
are the ways of death. 



T. Edwards. The Sinner's Character, Course 

and End. 

Phil. 3: 18, 19. For many walk, of whom 
I hare told you often, and now tell you even 
weeping, that they are the enemies of the 
cross of Christ : whose end is destruction, 
whose God is their belly, and whose glory 
is in their shame, who mind earthly things. 



Neglect of Present Duty the Ruin 
of Man. 

1 Kings 20: 40. And as thy servant was 
busy here and there, he was gone. 
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130 MUI AS A SINNER. 

Man s Opposition to Christ ground- 
less. 

John 15: 25. They hated me without a 

cause. 



S. L\ Williams. Estimateaf the World's Mo- 
rality. 

Mark L0: 21. Then Jesus beholding him 
loved him, and said unto him, One thing 
thou tack est : go thy way, sell whatsoever 
thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou 
shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, 
take up the cross, and follow me. 



S. P. Williams. The Mount of Refuge. 

Gen. 19: 17. Escape for thy life; look 
not behind thee, neither stay thou in all 
the plain; escape to the mountain, lest 
thou be consumed. 



S.P. Williams. The Guilt and Danger of Scan- 
dalizing Souls. 

Luke 17: 1, 2. Then said he unto the dis- 
ciples, It is impossible but that offences 
will come ; but wo unto him through whom 
they come ! It were better for him that a 
millstone were hanged about his neck, and 
he cast into the sea, than that he should 
offend one of these little ones. 



S. P, Williams Sinners Destroy Themselves 
by their own Blindness. 

Prov. 1: 19i The way of the wicked is as 



MAN AS A SINNER. 

darkness ; they know not at what they 
stumble. 



S. P. Williams. The Plea of Sinners against 

Endless Punishment answered. 

Isa. 41: 21. Produce your cause, saith 
the Lord ; bring forth your strong reasons, 
saith the King of Jacob. 



S. P. Williams. The Excuse of Sinners their 

Condemnation. 

Mat. 25: 24. Then he which had received 
the one talent came, and said, Lord, I knew 
thee that thou art a hard man, reaping 
where thou hast not sown, and gathering 
where thou hast not strewed. 



Pres. Da vies. The Nature and Universality of 

Spiritual Death. 

Eph. 2: 1, 5. Who were dead in trespass- 
es and sins. — Even when we were dead in 
sins. 



Pres. Da vies. The Doom of the Incorrigible. 

Prov. 29: 1. He that being often reproved 
hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be des- 
troyed, and that without remedy. 



Pres. Da vies. The Vessels of Wrath and of 
Mercy delineated. 
Bom, 9: 22, 23. The vessels of wrath 



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fitted to destruction ; and the vessels 

of mercy which he had aforetime prepared 
unto glory. 



Pres. Da vies. Nature and Necessity of True 
Repentance. 

Acts 17: 30. And the times of this [igno- 
rance God winked at; but now command- 
etli all men everywhere to repent* 



Pres. Davies. The Ways of Sin Hard and Dif- 
ficult. 

Acts 9: 16. It is hard for thee to kick 
against the pricks. 



Pres. Davies. The Characters of the Whole 

and Sick contrasted, 

Mat. 9: 12. They that be whole need not a 
physician, but they that are sick. 



Pres. Davies. The Gospel Invitation. 

Luke 14: 21-24. 



Pres. Davies. The Marriage Supper, 

The same text. 



Pres. Davies. The Rejection of Gospel Light 
(lie Condemnation of Men. 

John 3: 19. And this is the condemnation, 
that light is come into the world, and men 



MAN AS A SINNER. 



133 



loved darkness rather than light, because 
their deeds were evil. 



Pres. Da vies. Evidences of Want of Love to 
God. 

John 5: 42. But I know you, that ye have 
not the love of God in you. 



Pres. Da vies. The Guilt and Doom of Impeni- 
tent Hearers. 

Mat. 13: 14. They seeing see not ; and 
hearing they hear not, neither do they un- 
derstand. 



Pres. Davies. The Old Way which Wicked 

Men have trodden. 

Job 22: 15-17. Hast thou marked the old 
way which wicked men have trodden % 
which were cut down out of time, whose 
foundation was overflown with a flood : 
which said unto God, Depart from us ; and 
what can the Almighty do for them 1 



Pres. Davies. Sins Estimated by the Light of 
Heaven. 

Ps. 90: 8. Thou hast set our iniquities 
before thee : our secret sins in the light of 
thy countenance. 



Pres. Davies. Our Sins infinite in Number and 
Enormity. 

Job 22: 5. Is not thy wickedness great ? 
and thine iniquities infinite % 
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134 MAN AS A SINNER. 

Pres. Davies. Pride the great Hinderance to 

Conversion. 

Ps. 10: J, The wicked, through the pride 
of his countenance, will not seek after God. 



Pres. Davies. Kecollection of God painful to 

the Wicked. 

Ps. 77: 3. I remembered God and was 
troubled. 



E. Payson. Sinners Wilful and Perverse. 

Luke 7: 31-35. 



E. Payson. Sinners Entreated to Hear God s 

Voice. 

Heb. 3: 7, 8. Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost 
saith, To-day if ye will hear his voice, 
harden not your hearts. 



E. P a yson. The Difficulty of Escaping the Dam- 
nation of Hell. 

Mark 25: 33. How can ye escape the dam- 
nation of hell 1 



A. Fuller. The Punishment of the Wicked 
Dreadful and Interminable. 

Mark I k 44. Where their worm dieth 
not, and the /ire is not quenched. 



MAN AS A SINNER. 



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A. Fuller. The Sinner directed to look into 
Himself for Conviction. 

Ps. 4: 4. Stand in awe, and sin not ; com- 
mune with your own heart upon your bed, 
and be still. 



A. Fuller. The Soul directed to look out of 
itself for Consolation. 

Ps. 13:2. How long shall I take counsel 
in my soul, having sorrow in my heart 
daily ! 



A. Fuller. The Reception of Christ the turning 
point of Salvation. 

John 1: 10-12. He was in the world, and 
the world was made by him, and the world 
knew him not. He came unto his own, and 
his own received him not. But as many as 
received him, to them gave he power to 
become the sons of God, even to them that 
believe on his name. 



C. Lee. The Guilt of Unbelief. 

John 16: 9. Of sin, because they believe 
not on me. 



C. Lee. God Angry with the Wicked. 

Ps. 7: 11. God is angry with the wicked 
every day. 



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C. Lee. 



R.Hall. 



R.Hall. 



R.Hall. 



R.Hall. 



MAN AS A SINNER. 



Sinners are Miserable. 

Rome 3: 16, 17. Destruction and misery 
are in their way s : and the way of peace have 
they not known. 



Covering Sin the Way to Ruin. 

Prov. 28: 13. He that covereth his sins 
shall not prosper, but whoso confesseth and 
forsaketh them shall have mercy. 



Corruption of Mankind before the 

Deluge. 

Gen. 6: 11. The earth also was corrupt 
before God, and the earth was filled with 
violence. 



Spiritual Death — its Application, 
Nature and Consequences. 

Eph. 2: 1. And you hath he quickened, who 
w r ere dead in trespasses and sins. 



Spiritual Leprosy. 

Lev. 13: 45. And the leper in whom the 
plague is y his clothes shall be rent, and his 
head bare, and he shall put a covering upon 
his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, un- 
clean. 



On Counting the Cost. 

Luke 14<: 28. For which of you, intending 
to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and 
oounteth the cost, whether he have suffi- 
cient to iinish 2V? 



R. Hall. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



MAN AS A SINNER. 137 

Joy of Angels. 

Luke 15: 7. ^ I say unto you, that likewise 
joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that 
repenteth, more than over ninety and nine 
just persons which need no repentance. 



Souls Quickened by the Gospel, 

Ezek. 37: 11-13. Then he said unto me, 
Son of man, these bones are the whole 
house of Israel : behold, they say, Our 
bones are dried, and our hope is lost : we 
are cut off for our parts. Therefore proph- 
esy and say r unto them, Thus saith the Lord 
God ; Behold, O my people, I will open your 
graves, and cause you to come up out of 
your graves, and bring you into the land of 
Israel. Andye shall know that I am theLoRD, 
when I have opened your graves, O my 
people, and brought you up out of your 
graves. 



Exhortation to Careless Sinners. 

Eph. 5: 14. Wherefore he saith, Awake 
thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, 
and Christ shall give thee light. 



Men's Disregard of the Gospel. 

Hos. 8: 12. I have written to him the great 
things of my law, but they were counted as 
a strange thing. 



God's Appeal to the Sinner ? s De- 
cision. 

Isa. 5: 3, 4. And now, inhabitants of 
Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray 



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MAN AS A SINNER. 



you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What 
could have been done more to my vine- 
yard, that I have not done in it 1 wherefore, 
when I looked that it should bring forth 
grapes, brought it forth wild grapes % 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Men's Neglect of the Gospel. 

Isa. 51: 1. Hearken to me, ye that follow 
after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord 
look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and 
to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. 



God's Voice to Sinners. 

Amos 3: 8. The lion hath roared, who will 
not fear 1 the Lord God hath spoken, who 
can but prophesy 1 



The Means of Ascertaining who are 

in a State of Nature. 

Acts 8: 23. For I perceive that thou art in 
the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of 
iniquity. 



Simeon. The Wickedness, Madness and 

Misery of Unregenerate Men. 

Eccl. 9: 3. Yea, also the heart of the sons 
of men is full of evil, and madness is in 
their heart while they live, and after that 

they go to the dead. 



Simeon. Men's Proud Contempt of God. 

Ps. 10: 4, 5. The wicked, through the 
pride of his countenance, will not seek 



MAN AS A SINNER. 



139 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



after God : God is not in all his thoughts. 
His ways are always grievous ; thy judg- 
ments are far above out of his sight : as for 
all his enemies, he pufFeth at them. 



Mutual Abhorrence between God 

and Sinners. 

Zech. Ill 8. And my soul loathed them, 
and their soul also abhorred me. 



The Danger of Disregarding the 

Word of God. 

Ex. 9: 20, 21. He that feared the word of 
the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh 
made his servants and his cattle flee into 
the houses : and he that regarded not the 
word of the Lord left his servauts and his 
cattle in the field. 



The Sinfulness of Confounding Good 
and Evil. 

Isa. 5: 20. Wo unto them that call evil 
good, and good evil ; that put darkness for 
light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter 
for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! 

The Consequences of Sin. 

Hos. 8: 7. For they have sown the wind, 
and they shall reap the whirlwind. 

No Peace to the Wicked. 

Isa. 57: 20, 21. But the wicked are like 
the troubled sea when it cannot rest, whose 
waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no 
peace, saith my God, to the wicked. 



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Simeon. 

Simeon. 
Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



MAN AS A SINNER. 

Sin will Certainly be Found Out. 

Numb. 32: 23. But if ye will not do so, 
behold, ye have sinned against the Lord ; 
and be sure your sin will find you out. 



The Danger of Forgetting God. 

Ps. 9: 17. The wicked shall be turned into 
hell, and all the nations that forget God. 



The Character and End of the 
Wicked. 

Prov. 13: 5. A wicked man is loathsome, 
and cometh to shame. 



Final State of the Righteous and 

the Wicked. 

Isa. 3: 10, 11. Say ye to the righteous, that 
it shall be well with him : for they shall eat 
the fruit of their doings. Wo unto the 
wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the 
reward of his hands shall be given him. 



The Shamefulness of being Igno- 
rant of God. 

1 Cor. 15: 34. For some have not the 
knowledge of God: I speak this to your 
shame. 



The Danger of Spiritual Idolatry. 

Hos. 1: 17. Ephraim is joined to idols: 
let him alone. 



MAN AS A SINNER. 



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Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



The End of Unbelievers. 

1 Pet. 4: 17. What shall the end be of them 
that obey not the gospel of God 1 



The Sin of making Light of Christ. 

Mat, 22: 5. Bnt they made light of it } and 
went their ways, one to his farm, another 
to his merchandise. 



Bringing Forth unto Ourselves. 

Hos. 10: 1. Israel is an empty vine, he 
bringeth forth fruit unto himself. 



The Self-Flattering Delusions of 

Sinners exposed. 

Ps. 36: 2. For he flattereth himself in his 
own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be 
hateful. 



The Guilt and Danger of not Loving 
Christ. 

1 Cor. 16: 22. If any man love not the 
Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema 
Maran-atha. 



Danger of Neglecting the Great Sac- 
rifice. 

1 Sam. 2: 25. If one man sin against ano- 
ther, the judge shall judge him: but if a 
man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat 
for him % 

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MAN AS A SINNER. 



A Caution against Procrastination, 

Prov. 27: 1. Boast not thyself of to-morrow 5 
for thou knowest not what a day may bring 
forth. 



The Extent and Causes of Men's 

Supineness. 

Hos. 5: 4. They will not frame their doings 
to turn unto their God. 



The Danger of Wilful and Obsti- 

Disobedience. 

Ex. 23: 20-22. Behold, I send an Angel 
before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to 
bring thee into the place which I have pre- 
pared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, 
provoke him not ; for he will not pardon 
your transgressions : for my name is in 
him. But if thou shalt indeed obey his 
voice, and do all that I speak 5 then I will 
be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an 
adversary unto thine adversaries. 



Friendship of the World is Enmity 
with God. 

James 4: 4. Know ye not that the friend- 
ship of the world is enmity with God 1 who- 
soever therefore will be a friend of the 
world is the enemy of God. 



Mortification of Sin. 

Rom. 8: 13. For if ye live after the flesh, 
ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit 
do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall 
live. 



MAN AS A SINNER. 



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Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon, 



Simeon. 



The Prayers of Unregenerate Men. 

Hos. 7: 14. And they have not cried unto 
me with their heart, when they howled 
upon their beds : they assemble themselves 
for corn and wine, and they rebel against 
me. 



The Need of Attending to God's 

Gracious Invitations. 

Prov. 1: 20-31. Wisdom crieth without, 
&c. 

God Expostulating with Sinners. 

Ezek. 33: 11. Say unto them, As I live, 
saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in 
the death of the wicked: but that the wicked 
turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn 
ye from your evil ways \ for why will ye 
die, house of Israeli 



The Work of Redemption a Motive 
to Repentance. 

Isa. 44 : 22. I have blotted out, as a thick 
cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, 
thy sins: return unto me; for I have re- 
deemed thee. 



Exhortation to receive the Blessings 

of the Gospel. 

Isa. 55: 1-3. Ho, every one that thirst- 
eth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath 
no money ; come ye, buy, and eat ; yea, 
come, buy wine and milk without money 
and without price. Wherefore do ye spend 



MAN AS A SINNER. 



money for that which is not bread' 1 , and 
your labour for that which satisfleth not \ 
hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that 
which is good, and let your soul delight 
itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and 
come unto me : hear, and your soul shall 
live ; and I will make an everlasting cove- 
nant with you, even the sure mercies of 
David. 



The Strong Hold. 

Zech. 9: 12. Turn you to the strong hold, 
ye prisoners of hope. 

The Spirit proffered. 

John 7: 37, 38. In the last day, that great 
day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, say- 
ing, If any man thirst, let him come unto 
me, and drink. He that believeth on me, 
as the scripture hath said, out of his belly 
shall flow rivers of living water. 



To the Heavy Laden. 

Mat. 11: 28. Come unto me, all ye that 
labour and are heavy laden, and I will give 
you rest. 



Looking to Christ. 

lsa. 45: 22. Look unto me, and be ye saved, 
all the ends of the earth : for I am God, and 
there is none else. 



The Sinner Encouraged by the 
Greatness of God's Mercy. 

Isa. 43: 25, 26. I, even I, am he that blotteth 



MAN AS A SINNER. 



145 



out thy transgressions for mine own sake, 
and will not remember thy sins. Put me in 
remembrance : let us plead together : de- 
clare thou, that thou mayest be justified. 



Simeon. Crimson Sins made White. 

Isa. 1: 18. Come now, and let us reason 
together, saith the Lord : though your sins 
be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow ; 
though they be red like crimson, they shall 
be as wool. 



Simeon. God's Mercy to the most Obstinate 
Sinners. 

Isa. 57: 17. I have seen his ways, and will 
heal him. 



Simeon. The End for which the Son of Man 
came. 

Luke 19: 10. For the Son of man is come 
to seek and to save that which was lost. 



Simeon. The Faithful Saying. 

1 Tim. 1: 15. This is a faithful saying, and 
worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus 
came into the world to saye sinners ; of 
whom I am chief. 



D. A. Clark. Perdition a Dark Spot in the 
Moral Landscape. 

Ezek. 18: 32. For I have no pleasure in 
the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord 
God : wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. 
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D, A. Clark. The Final Kesults of Iniquity. 

James 1: 15. Then when lust hath con- 
reived, it bringeth forth sin, and sin, when 
it is finished, bringeth forth death. 



D. A. Clark. The Controversy Settled. 

2 Cor. 5: 20. Now then we are ambassadors 
for Christ, as though God did beseech you 
by us : we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye 
reconciled to God. 



D. A. Clark. The Bridgeless Gulf. 

Luke 16: 26. And besides all this, between 
us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so 
that they which would pass from hence to 
you cannot ; neither can they pass to us, 
that would come from thence. 



D. A. Clark. Terms of Divine Acceptance. 

Acts 16: 30. And they said, Believe on the 
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, 
and thy house. 



1). A. Clark. Impenitent Men Destitute of Ho- 
liness. 

Rom. 3: 18. There is no fear of God be- 
fore their eyes. 



D. A. Ci.\rk. The Desperate Effort. 

Mat. 11: 12. And from the days of John 
the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven 
BafFeretb violence, and the violent take it by 
force. 



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147 



D. A. Clark. Sinners in the Hands of an angry 
God. 

Deut. 32: 35. To me belongeth vengeance, 
and recompense ; their foot shall slide in 
due time, for the day of their calamity is at 
hand, and the things that shall come upon 
them make haste. 



Dana. Sinners Opposed to Faithful Warn- 
ing. 

2 Chron. 18: 7. There is yet one man, by 
whom we may inquire of the Lord : but I 
hate him ; for he never prophesied good 
unto me, but always evil. 



Dana. State of those who Die in their Sins. 

John 8: 24. I said therefore unto you, that 
ye shall die in your sins : for if ye believe 
not that I am Ae, ye shall die in your sins. 



Whitefield. Pharisee and Publican. 

Luke 18: 14. I tell you, this man went 
down to his house justified rather than the 
other: for every one that exalteth himself 
shall be abased ; and he that humbleth him- 
self shall be exalted. 



Whitefield. Conversion of Zaccheus. 

Luke 19: 9. This day is salvation come to 
this house. 



Whitefield. The Wise and Foolish Virgins. 

Mat. 25: 13. Watch therefore, for ye know 
neither the day nor the hour wherein the 
Son of man cometh. 



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Whitei ikli). The Way of Salvation Easy. 

1 John 1: 9. If we confess our sins, he is 
faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and 
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 



McKenzie. Criminal Pleasure. 

Rom. 8: 6. For to be carnally minded is 
death. 



Mc Kenzie. The Horrible Guilt of those who 
Strengthen the Hands of the 
Wicked. 

Jer. 23: 14. I have seen also in the pro- 
phets of Jerusalem a horrible thing : they 
commit adultery, and walk in lies: they 
strengthen also the hands of evil doers, that 
none doth return from his wickedness: 
they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and 
the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. 



McKenzie. The Wonderful Destruction of those 

who Despise the Gospel. 

Acts 13: 40, 41. Beware, therefore, lest 
that come upon you which is spoken of in 
the prophets ; Behold, ye despisers, and 
wonder, and perish : for I work a work in 
your days, a work which ye shall in nowise 
believe, though a man declare it unto you. 



McKenzie. Obscurity and Uncertainty of the 

Way of the Wicked. 

Prov, 1: 19. The way of the wicked is as 
datkne&s; they know not at what they 
stumble. 



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Lathrop. The Impotent Man at the Pool. 
John 5 : 1-9. 



Lathrop. The Jailer Instructed. 
Acts 16: 29-31. 



Lathrop. Enmity to the Gospel the True 

Source of Unbelief. 

John 15: 22-24. If I had not come and 
spoken unto them, they had not had sin: 
but now they have no cloak for their sin. 
He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 
If I had not done among them the works 
which none other man did, they had not 
had sin : but now have they both seen and 
hated both me and my Father. 



Lathrop. Enmity to Religion in General the 
Natural Consequence of Enmity 
to the Gospel. 

(Same text.) 



Lathrop. God's Goodness the Hope of the 

Penitent, but no Security to the 

finally Impenitent. 

Ps. 119: 68. Thou art good, and doest 
good. 



Lathrop. 



The Sins and Miseries of Men not 

God's Doings, but their Own. 
Micah 2: 7. Are these his doings 1 



150 MAN AS A SINNER. 

Lathrop. The Vision of Dry Bones, 

Ezekiel 37: 1-10. 



Lathrop. Joab at the Horns of the Altar. 

1 Kings 2 : 30. And he said, Nay, but I 
will die here. 



Lathrop. The Strait Gate. Many Shut Out. 

Luke 13: 24. Strive to enter in at the strait 
gate ; for many, I say unto you, will seek 
to enter in, and shall not be able. 



Causes why many who seek to enter 
it cannot. 



Lathrop. Condition of those Excluded. 



Lathrop. God's Challenge to Infidels. 

Isa. 41: 21. Produce your cause, saith the 
Lord ; bring forth your strong reasons, 
saith the King of Jacob. 



Lathrop. The Spectators of the Crucifixion 

Smiting on their Breasts. 

Luke 23: 48. And all the people that came 
together to that sight, beholding the things 
which were done, smote their breasts, and 
returned. 



Lathrop. God Glorified in the Punishment of 
Pres. Edwards. Sinners. 

Kev. 19: 1-3. And after these things I 
heard a great voice of much people in hea- 



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ven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory 
and honour, and power, unto the Lord our 
God : for true and righteous are his judg- 
ments : for he hath judged the great whore, 
which did corrupt the earth with her forni- 
cation, and hath avenged the blood of his 
servants at her hand. And again they said 
Allel uia. And her smoke rose up forever 
and ever. 



Come to Jesus and be Healed. 

Luke 18: 37. And they told him that Jesus 
of Nazareth passeth by. 

Excuses of the Irreligious. 

Luke 14: 18. And they all with one con- 
sent began to make excuse. 



Clarkson. Christ Seeking Fruit in Vain. 

Luke 13: 6. He came and sought fruit 
thereon, and found none. 



Pulpit Sketches. Incorrigible Hearers. 

Jer. 25: 4. And the Lord hath sent unto 
you all his servants the prophets, rising 
early and sending them ; but ye have not 
hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. 



Pulpit Sketches. The Sin of Moses and Aaron. 

Deut. 32:51. Because ye trespassed against 
me among the children of Israel at the wa- 
ters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness 
of Zin ; because ye sanctified me not in the 
midst of the children of Israel. 



Dehon. 



Dehon. 



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Pulpit Sketches. Lost Sinners Directed in the 
Way. 

Luke 1 : 79. To give light to them that 
sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, 
to guide our feet into the way of peace. 



Pulpit Sketches. The Cup of Wrath. 

Ezek. 23: 32. Thus saith the Lord God; 
Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep 
and large : thou shalt be laughed to scorn 
and had in derision $ it containeth much. 



Pulpit Sketches. Inveterate Depravity. 

Isa. 26 : 10. Let favour be showed to the 
wicked, yet will he not learn righteous- 
ness : in the land of uprightness will he 
deal unjustly, and will not behold the ma- 
jesty of the Lord. 



Pulpit Sketches. The Sinner's Doom. 

Jer. 18 : 17. I will scatter them as with an 
east wind before the enemy $ I will show 
them the back, and not the face, in the day 
of their calamity. 



Pulpit Sketches. The Prodigal Son. 
Luke 15 : 11, &c. 



Bukder. Sinners Welcome to Christ. 

John 6 : 37. Him that cometh to me I will 



in nowise cast out. 



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Burder. A Sinner Changed by Grace. 

Eph. 2:5. By grace are ye saved. 

Burder. Christ the Way to God and to 
Heaven. 

John 14: 6. Jesus saith unto him, I am the 
way, and the truth, and the life : no man 
cometh unto the Father, but by me. 



Burder. Sin and Death : or Grace and Life. 

Rom. 8: 13. For if ye live after the flesh 
ye shall die : but if ye through the Spirit 
do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall 
live. 



Burder. The Penitent Thief. 

Luke 23: 42, 43. And he said unto Jesus, 
Lord, remember me when thou comest into 
thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, 
Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou 
be with me in paradise. 



Burder. Safety in the Ark for Perishing 
Sinners. 

Gen. 7: J. Come thou and all thy house 
into the ark. 



Burder. The Heart Taken. 

Luke 11: 21, 22. When a strong man 
armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in 
peace : but when a stronger than he shall 
come upon him, and overcome him, he 
taketh from him all his armour wherein he 
trusted, and divideth his spoils. 
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Border. Religion or Ruin. 

Ezek. 1 8: 30. Therefore I will judge you, 
O house of Israel, every one according to 
his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, 
aad turn yourselves from all your transgres- 
sions, so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 



Pres. Dwight. Danger of Opposing Religion. 

Acts 5: 38, 39. And now I say unto you, 
Refrain from these men, and let them alone : 
for if this counsel or this work be of men, 
it will come to nought. But if it be of 
God, ye cannot overthrow it ; lest haply ye 
be found even to fight against God. 

Pres. Dwight. A just Sense of the Character 
and Presence of God, a Source 
of Repentance. 

Job 42: 5, 6. I have heard of thee by the 
hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth 
thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and re- 
pent in dust and ashes. 



Pres. Dwight. The Rich Man and Lazarus. 

Luke 16: 26. And besides all this, between 
us and you there is a great gulf fixed : so 
that they which would pass from hence to 
you cannot; neither can they pass to us, 
that would come from thence. 



Shepard. The Unbelief of Gospel Sinners a 

Matter of Astonishment. 

Mark 6: 6. And he marvelled because of 
their unbelief. 



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Pres. Edwards. Natural Men in a Dreadful 
Condition. 

Acts 16: 29, 30. Then he called for a light, 
and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell 
down before Paul and Silas ; and brought 
them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to 
be saved 1 



Pres. Edwards. God makes Men Sensible of 

their Misery before lie reveals his 

Mercy and Love. 

Hos. 5: 15. I will go and return to my 
place, till they acknowledge their offence, 
and seek my face : in their affliction they 
will seek me early. 



Pres. Edwards. Hope and Comfort usually fol- 
low genuine Humiliation and Re- 
pentance. 

Hos. 2. 15. And I will give her her vine- 
yards from thence, and the valley of Achor 
for a door of hope : and she shall sing there 
as in the days of her youth, and as in the 
day when she came up out of the land of 
Egypt. 



Pres. Edwards. God's Sovereignty in the Sal- 
vation of Men. 

Rom. 9: 18. Therefore hath he mercy on 
whom he will have mercy, and whom he will 
he hardeneth. 



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Pres. Edwards. The Portion of the Wicked. 

Rom. 2: 8, 9. But unto them that are con- 
tentions, and do not obey the truth, but 
obey unrighteousness, indignation and 
wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every 
soul of man that doeth evil ; of the Jew 
first, and also of the Gentile. 



Pres. Edwards. Wicked Men Inconsistent with 
themselves. 
Mat. 11: 16-19. 



Pres. Edwards. The Manner of Seeking Sal- 
vation. 

Gen. 6 : 22. Thus did Noah ) according to 
all that God commanded him, so did he. 



Pres. Edw t ards. The Unreasonableness of In- 

cletermination in Religion. 

1 Kings 18 : 21. How long halt ye between 
two opinions 1 



Pres. Edwards. Unbelievers Contemn the Glo- 
ry of Christ. 

Acts 4: 11. This is the stone which was 
set at nought of you builders, which is be- 
come the head of the comer. 



Pres. Edwards. The Folly of Looking Back 
in Fleeing out of Sodom. 

Luke 17:32. Remember Lot's wife. 



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Pres. Edwards. Scripture Warnings best 
adapted to the Conversion of 
Sinners. 

Luke 16: 31. And he said unto him, If 
they hear not Moses and the prophets, 
neither will they be persuaded though one 
rose from the dead. 



Pres. Edwards. Hypocrites deficient in the Duty 
of Prayer. 
Job 27: 10. Will he always call upon God 1 



Pres. Edwards. Future Punishment Certain to 
the Wicked. 

Ezek. 22: 14. Can thine heart endure, or 
can thine hands be strong, in the days that 
I shall deal with thee 1 I the Lord have 
spoken it, and will do it. 



Pres. Edwards. The Eternity of Hell Tor- 
ments. 

Mat. 25: 46. And these shall go away into 
everlasting punishment. 

Pres. Edwards. Pardon for the Greatest Sin- 
ners. 

Ps. 25: 11. For thy name's sake, Lord, 
pardon mine iniquity : for it is great. 



Pres. Edwards. Self-Flatteries. 

Ps. 36: 2. For he flattereth himself in his 
own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be 
hateful. 

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Pres. Edwards. Sinners Useful in their own 
Destruction only. 

Exek. 1;">: 2-4. Son of man, What is the vine 
tree move than any tree, or than a branch 
which is among the trees of the forest % 
Shall wood be taken thereof to do any- 
work 1 or will men take a pin of it to hang 
any vessel thereon \ Behold, it is cast into 
the fire for fuel ; the fire devoureth both the 
ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is 
it meet for any work % 



Pres. Edwards. Sinners in Zion. 

Isa. 33: 14. The sinners in Zion are afraid ; 
fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. 
Who among us shall dwell with the devour- 
ing fire! who among us shall dwell with 
everlasting burnings 1 



Pres. Edwards. Wrath upon the Wicked to 

the Uttermost. 

1 Thess. 2: 16. For the wrath is come upon 
them to the uttermost. 



Pres. Edwards. Man's Natural Blindness in 
Religion. 
Ps. 94: 8-11. 



Pres. Edwards. Men Naturally God's Enemies. 

Rom. f): 10. For if when we were enemies, 
we were reconciled to God by the death of 
his Sen ; much more, being reconciled, we 
shall be saved by his life. 



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Pres. Edwards. Sinners in the Hands of an 
Angry God. 

Deut. 32: 35. To me belongeth vengeance, 
and recompense ; their foot shall slide in 
due time : for the day of their calamity is 
at hand, and the things that shall come 
upon them make haste. 



Massilon. The Disgusts accompanying Virtue. 

John 10: 31. Then the Jews took up stones 
again to stone him. 



SUBJECTS APPROPRIATE TO MAN AS A 
CHRISTIAN. 



Barrow. 



Barrow. 



Barrow. 



It is the Duty of Christians to be 
Happy. 

1 Thess. 5: 16. Rejoice evermore. 



On Keeping the Heart. 

Prov. 4: 23. Keep thy heart with all dili- 
gence. 



Justifying Faith. 

Rom. 5: 1. Therefore being justified by 
faith, we have peace with God through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 



Hooke. The Privileges of the Saints on 
Earth beyond those in Heaven. 

Phil. 1: 23. I am in a strait betwixt two. 



Howe. The Vanity of a Formal Profession. 

Tit. 1: 16. They profess that they know 
God; but in works they deny him, being 
abominable, and disobedient, and unto every 
good work reprobate. 



Howe. Wherein Afflictions are to be ac- 
counted Joyful. 

James 1: 2. My brethren, count it all joy 
when ye fall into divers temptations. 



Howe. 
Howe. 

Howe. 



Howe. 
Howe. 



Howe. 



Blunt. 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 161 

Encouragement to Prayer. 

Luke 18: 1-8. Parable of the unjust judge. 

Christians Exhorted not to Sleep. 

1 Thess. 5: 6. Therefore let us not sleep 
as do others. 

The S inland Danger of Forsaking 
the Lord. 

Josh. 24: 20. If ye forsake the Lord, and 
serve strange gods, then he will turn and 
do you hurt, and consume you, after that he 
hath done you good. 

Friendship with God. 

James 2: 23. He was called the friend of 
God. 



Enmity and Reconciliation. 

Col. 1: 21. And you, that were sometime 
alienated and enemies in your mind by 
wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. 



The Sins of Believers are Presump- 
tuous Sins. 

Ps. 19: 13. Keep back thy servant also 
from presumptuous sins. 

The Christian not yet arrived at his 

Journey's End. 
Deut. 12: 9. For ye are not as yet come to 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 



the rest and to the inheritance, which the 
Lord your God giveth you. 



The Saints' Confession. 

Heb. 11: 13. And confessed that they were 
strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 



The Saints on Earth. 

1 Cor. 3: 21-23. Therefore let no man 
glory in men. For all things are yours ; 
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the 
world, or life, or death, or things present, 
or things to come; all are yours \ and ye 
are Christ's \ and Christ is God's. 



The Saints in Heaven. 

Kev. 7: 14. These are they which came 
out of great tribulation, and have washed 
their robes, and made them white in the 
blood of the Lamb. 



Aids to Self-Knowledge. 

1 John 3: 10. In this the children of God 
are made manifest, and the children of the 
devil: whosoever doetti not righteousness 
is not of God, neither he that loveth not his 
brother. 



Signs that we are in Christ. 

1 John 2: 5. But whoso keepeth his word, 
in him verily is the love of God perfected : 
lie re by know we that we are in him. 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 



The Christian Indeed. 

Gal. 2: 20. I am crucified with Christ: 
nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ 
Iiveth in me : and the life which I now live 
in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of 
God, who loved me, and gave himself for 
me. 



Nearness to the Cross. 

John 19: 25. Now there stood by the cross 
of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, 
Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Mag- 
dalene. 



Boldness at the Throne of Grace. 

Heb. 4: 16. Let us therefore come boldly 
unto the throne of grace, that we may ob- 
tain mercy, and find grace to help in time 
of need. 



The Union of Prayer and Watch- 
fulness. 

Neh. 4: 9. Nevertheless we made our 
prayer unto our God, and set a watch 
against them day and night, because of them. 



Backsliding Reproved. 

Jer. 2: 2. Go and cry in the ears of Jeru- 
salem, saying, Thus saith the Lord ; I re- 
member thee, the kindness of thy youth, 
the love of thine espousals, when thou went- 
est after me in the wilderness, in a land that 
was not sown. 



1C4 MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 

Jay. Spiritual Purification Indispensable 

to an Interest in Christ. 

John 13: 8. Peter said unto him, Thou shalt 
never wash my feet, Jesus answered him, 
If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with 
me. 



Jay. A Check to Presumptuous Hopes. 

Heb. 4: 1. Let us therefore fear, lest, a pro- 
mise being left us of entering into his rest, 
any of you should seem to come short of it. 



Jay. Christians not of the World. 

John 17: 14. They are not of the world. 



Jay. The Beginnings of Grace Encour- 

aged. 

Zech. 4: 10. For who hath despised the 
day of small things % 



Jay. The Christian Pilgrim. 

Heb. 11: 13. And confessed that they 
were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 



Jay. The Cheerful Pilgrim. 

Ps. 119: 54. Thy statutes have been my 
songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 



Jav - Saul of Tarsus Praying. 

Acts 9: 11. Behold he prayeth. 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. IQ§ 

The Disciples in a Storm. 
Mat. 8: 24-26. 



The Lovely Simplicity of the Young 
Convert. 

Mat. 18: 3. And said, Verily I say unto 
you, Except ye be converted, and become 
as little children, ye shall not enter into the 
kingdom of heaven. 



The Saving Knowledge of God. 

2 Cor. 4: 6. For God, who commanded 
the light to shine out of darkness, hath 
shined in our hearts, to give the light of the 
knowledge of the glory of God in the face 
of Jesus Christ. 



The Last Hours of Stephen. 

Acts 7: 59, 60. And they stoned Stephen, 
calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, 
receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, 
and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not 
this sin to their charge. And when he had 
said this, he fell asleep. 



A Christian not a Favourite with 

the World. 

2 Tim. 3: 12. Yea, and all that will live 
godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecu- 
tion. 



The Aged Saint Comforted. 

Isa. 46: 4. And even to your old age I am 
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lie ; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you : 
I have made, and I will bear ; even I will 
carry, and will deliver you. 



Jay. Constancy in Religion. 

Ban. 6: 10. Now when Daniel knew that 
the writing was signed, he went into his 
house ; and his windows being open in his 
chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled 
upon his knees three times a day, and 
prayed and gave thanks before his God, as 
he did aforetime. 



Jay. The New Creature. 

Gal. 6: 15. For in Christ Jesus neither 
circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncir- 
cumcision, but a new creature. 



Jay. The Duty and Privilege of Retire- 

ment. 

Ezek. 3: 22. And the hand of the Lord 
was there upon me ; and he said unto me, 
Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will 
there talk with thee. 



Jay. David's Fear and Folly. 

1 Sam. 27: 1. And David said in his heart, 
I shall now perish one day by the hand of 
Saul : there is nothing better for me than 
that I should speedily escape into the laud 
of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair 
of me, to seek me any more in the coast of 
Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 167 

The Grand Inquiry. 

John 21: 17. Lovest thou me 1 



Mistakes Concerning the Number 
of the Righteous. 

Rom. 11: 4. I have reserved to myself 
seven thousand men, who have not bowed 
the knee to the image of Baal. 



The Nature of Genuine Religion. 

Ezek. 11: 19, 20. And I will give them one 
heart, and I will put a new spirit within 
you ; and I will take the stony heart out 
of their flesh, and will give them a heart 
of flesh: that they may walk in my stat- 
utes, and keep mine ordinances, and do 
them : and they shall be my people, and I 
will be their God. 



Vows Called to Remembrance. 

Gen. 35: 3. And let us arise, and go up to 
Beth-el 5 and I will make there an altar unto 
God, who answered me in the day of my 
distress, and was with me in the way which 
I went. 



The Triumph of Patience. 

Rev. 14: 12. Here is the patience of the 
saints. 



On Progress in Religion. 

Josh. 13: 1. There remaineth yet very 
much land to be possessed. 



168 MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 

Jav. The Privileges of the Righteous. 

Ps. 84: 11. For the Lord God is a sun and 
shield : the Lord will give grace and glory : 
no good thing will he withhold from them 
that walk uprightly. 



Jav. The Condition of Christians in the 

World. 

John 17: 15. I pray not that thou shouldest 
take them out of the world, but that thou 
shouldest keep them from the evil. 



Jav. Christian Diligence. 

2 Pet. 1: 5-7. And besides this, giving all 
diligence, add to your faith virtue ; and to 
virtue knowledge ; and to knowledge tem- 
perance ; and to temperance patience ; and 
to patience godliness ; and to godliness 
brotherly kindness $ and to brotherly kind- 
ness charity. 



Jav. Service done for God rewarded. 

Ezek. 29: 20. I have given him the land of 
Egypt for his labour wherewith he served 
against it, because they w r rought for me, 
saith the Lord God. 



Jav. The Saviour Honoured in his Peo- 

ple. 

John 12: 10. 1 am glorified in them. 



Jav 



Consolation in Death. 

Ps. 23: 4. Yea, though I walk through the 



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valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no 
evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy 
staff they comfort me. 



McIlvaine's Collection. The Believer's Hope 
of a Likeness to Christ, 

1 John 3: 2- Beloved, now are we the sons 
of God, and it doth not yet appear what we 
shall be : but we know that, when he shall 
appear, we shall be like him ; for we shall 
see him as he is. 



McIlvaine's Collection. PracticaHnfluenceof 
the Believer's Hope. 

1 John 3: 3. And every man that hath this 
hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is 
pure. 

Howe. Eom. 5: 5. Hope maketh not ashamed. 



McIlvaine's Collection. Things Unseen Be- 
held by Faith. 

Heb. 11: 1. Now faith is the substance of 
things hoped for, the evidence of things not 
seen. 



McIlvaine's Collection. The Blessedness of 
Assurance, and Means of its At- 
tainment. 

% Pet. 1: 10, 11. Wherefore, the rather, 
brethren, give diligence to make your call- 
ing and election sure : for if ye do these 
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things, ye shall never fall: for so an en- 
trance shall be ministered unto you abun- 
dantly into the everlasting kingdom of our 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 



McIlvaine's Collection. Apostolic Fellowship. 

Acts 2: 42. And they continued steadfastly 
in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and 
in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 



McIlv vine's Collection. Steadfastness in Obe- 
dience. 

Numb. 14 : 24. But my servant Caleb, be- 
cause he had another spirit with him, and 
hath followed me fully, him will I bring 
into the land whereinto he went \ and his 
seed shall possess it. 



McIlvaine's Collection. Christian Meekness 
and Forgiveness. 

Mat. 5: 39. Whosoever shall smite thee on 
thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 



McIlvaine's Collection. Tendency of all 
Events to the true Christian. 

Phil. 1: 19. For I know that this shall turn 
to my salvation through your prayer, and 
the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. 



McIlvaine's Collection. Symptoms, Cause 
and Cure of Religious Dejection. 
Ps. 77: 10. And I said, This is my infir- 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 171 

mity ; but I will remember the years of the 
right hand of the Most High. 



McIlvaine's Collection. Religious Conversa- 
tion. 

Mat. 12: 34. For out of the abundance of 
the heart the mouth speaketh. 



McIlvaine's Collection. The Enemies and 
Arms of Christians. 
Eph. 6: 11-13. 



Saurin. The Life of Faith. 

Hab. 2: 4. The just shall live by faith. 



Saurin. True and False Repentance. 

2 Cor. 7: 10. For godly sorrow worketh 
repentance to salvation not to be repented 
of : but the sorrow of the world worketh 
death. 



Saurin. The Saints in Heaven. 

1 John 3: 2. Beloved, now are we the sons 
of God, and it doth not yet appear what we 
shall be : but we know that, when he shall 
appear, we shall be like him $ for we shall 
see him as he is. 



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Saurin. 
Saurin. 



Saurin. 
Saurin. 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 

Christian Heroism. 

Prov. 16: 32. He that is slow to anger, is 
better than the mighty ; and he that ruleth 
his spirit than he that taketh a city. 



Christian Casuistry ; where Actions 
good in themselves may become 
Criminal. 

Prov. 4: 26. Ponder the path of thy feet. 

The World a Bad Model for the 

Christian. 

Rom. 12: 2. And be not conformed to this 
world : but be ye transformed by the re- 
newing of your mind, that ye may prove 
what is that good, and acceptable, and per- 
fect will of God.. 



Transient Devotions. 

Hos. 6: 4. For your goodness is as a morn- 
ing cloud, and as the early dew it goeth 
away. 



The Grief of the Righteous for the 
Misconduct of the Wicked. 

Ps. 119: 136. Rivers of waters run down 
mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. 



Saurin. 



The Blessedness of Believing with- 
out having Seen. 
John 20: 29. Jesus said unto him, Thomas, 



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because thou hast seen me, thou hast be- 
lieved : blessed are they that have not seen, 
and yet have believed. 



Saurin. The Christian a Partaker in the 

Exaltation of Christ. 

Eph. 2: 4-6. But God, who is rich in 
mercy, for his great love wherewith he 
loved us, even when we were dead in sins, 
hath quickened us together with Christ, 
(by grace ye are saved ;) and hath raised 
us up together, and made us sit together in 
heavenly places in Christ Jesus. 



Saurin. The Rapture of Paul. 
2 Cor. 12: 2-4. 



Saurin. The True Glory of the Christian. 

Gal. 6: 14. But God forbid that I should 
glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto 
me, and I unto the world. 



Saurin. On Perseverance. 

Heb. 12: 1. And let us run with patience 
the race that is set before us. 



Saurin. The Example of the Saints. 

Heb. 12: 1. Wherefore seeing we also are 
compassed about with so great a cloud of 



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witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, 
and the sin which doth so easily beset us. 



Saurin. Paul Before Felix. 
Acts 24: 24, 25. 



Saurin. God's Covenant with Israel. 
Deut. 29: 10-19. 



Saurin. Peter's Fall. 



Mat. 26: 74. Then began he to curse and 
to swear, saying, I know not the man. 



E. T. Fitch. Peter's Repentance and Recovery. 

Mat. 26: 75. And he went out, and wept 
bitterly. 



Saurin. A Taste for Devotion. 

Ps. 63: 5, 6. My soul shall be satisfied as 
with marrow and fatness ; and my mouth 
shall praise thee with joyful lips: when I 
remember thee upon my bed, and meditate 
on thee in the night watches. 



J. Edwards. The Great Change. 



2 Cor. 5: 17. If any man be in Christ, he 
is a new creature. 



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Payson. Concern for the Spiritual Wants of 
Men. 

Phil. 2: 20. For I have no man likeminded, 
who will naturally care for your state. 



J. Woodbridge. God's Respect to the Lowly. 

Ps. 138: 6. Though the Lord be high, yet 
hath he respect unto the lowly \ but the 
proud he knoweth afar off. 



B. Dickinson. Christian Decision. 

Dan. 3: 18. But if not, be it known unto 
thee, O king, that we will not serve thy 
gods, nor worship the golden image which 
thou hast set up. 



L. Bacon. Duties of Young Christians. 

1 John 2: 14. I have written unto you, 
young men, because ye are strong, and the 
word of God abideth in you, and ye have 
overcome the wicked one. 



A. Alexander. The Nature and Means of 
Growth in Grace. 
2 Pet. 3: 18. Grow in grace. 

Griffin. The Prayer of Faith. 
Luke 11: 5-13. 



Griffin. 



The Heavenly Mind. 

Eom. 8: 6. To be spiritually minded is life 
and peace. 



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M. Tucker. Man Humbled and God Honoured. 

1 Cor. 4: 7. Who maketh thee to differ 

from another 1 



F. Wayland. Encouragement to Religious Ef- 
fort. 

Mat. 4: 10. Thy kingdom come. 



J. Leavitt. The Living Epistle. 

2 Cor. 3: 2. Ye are our epistle written in 
our hearts, known and read of all men. 



S. K. Kollock. Scriptural Evidence of Saving 
Faith. 

James 2: 18. I will show thee my faith by 
my works. 



N. Porter. Progress of the Righteous and 

Wicked compared. 

Prov. 4: 18, 19. But the path of the just is 
as the shining light, which shineth more and 
more unto the perfect day. The way of 
the wicked is as darkness: they know not 
at what they stumble. 



C. Jenkins. The Spiritual and Elevated Nature 

of True Piety. 

Prov. 15: 2 k The way of life is above to 
the wise, that he may depart from hell be- 
neath. 



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B, Green. Christian Obligations. 

Rom, U: 7, 8. For none of us liveth to 
himself, and no man dieth to himself. For 
whether we live, we live unto the Lord : 
and whether we die, we die unto the Lord : 
whether we live therefore, or die, we are 
the Lord's. 



A. Barnes. Development of Christian Charac- 
ter. 
Mat. 5: 14-16. 



A. Hyde. The Fruit of the Spirit. 

Gal. 5: 22, 23. But the fruit of the Spirit 
is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentle- 
ness, goodness, faith, meekness, tempe- 
rance : against such there is no law. 



M. Tucker. Means of a Revival. 

Amos 7: 2. By whom shall Jacob arise % 
for he is small. 



M. Tucker. The Ungrateful and Backsliding 
rebuked. 

Luke 17: 17. Were there not ten cleansed % 
but where are the nine % 



G. C. Cuyler. Causes of the Decline of Re- 
vivals. 

Hos. 6: 4. Ephraim, what shall I do unto 
thee! Judah, what shall I do unto thee ] 
for thy goodness is as a morning cloud, and 
as the early dew it goeth away. 
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A. Nash. Union among Christians. 

1 Cor. 1: 10. Now 1 beseech you, breth- 
ren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that ye all speak the same thing, and that 
there be no divisions among you; but that 
ye be perfectly joined together in the same 
mind and in the same judgment. 



T. E. Vermilye. The Beatific Vision. 

Ps. 17: 15. As for me I will behold thy 
face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, 
when I awake with thy likeness. 



G. L. Beckwith. Zeal in Religion. 

Gal. 4: 18. But it is good to be zealously 
affected always in a good thing. 



D. L. Carroll. Disastrous Effects of Little 

Sins in Christians. 

Eccl. 10: 1. Dead flies cause the ointment 
of the apothecary to send forth a stinking 
savour : so doth a little folly him that is in 
reputation for wisdom and honour. 



S. M. Worcester. Dying the Death of the 

Righteous. 

Num. 23: 10. Let me die the death of the 
righteous, and let my last end be like his ! 



R Beecher, The Nature, Importance, and 



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Means of Eminent Holiness 
throughout the Church. 

Mat. 6: 3. Eom. 14: 17. Luke 17: 20, 21. 
Isa. 53: 1, 2. 



B. Dickinson. Sure Means of Spiritual Pros- 
perity. 

Acts 20: 32. And now, brethren, I com- 
mend you to God, and to the word of his 
grace, which is able to build you up, and to 
give you an inheritance among all them 
which are sanctified. 



D. A. Clark. The Nature, Results, and Means 
of Sanctification. 

John 17: 17. Sanctify them through thy 
truth : thy word is truth. 



E. Holt. Union of Christians Essential to the 
World's Conversion. 

John 17: 21. That they all may be one; as 
thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that 
they also may be one in us ; that the world 
may believe that thou hast sent me. 



J. B. Condit. Grace Irreconcilable with Sin. 

Rom. 6: 1, 2. What shall we say then] 
shall we continue in sin, that grace may 
abound \ God forbid. How shall we, that 
are dead to sin, live any longer therein 1 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 

The Character and Blessedness of 

the Humble Penitent. 

Isa. 66: 2. But to this man will I look ? 
even to him that is poor and of a contrite 
spirit, and trembleth at my word. 



The Duty and Wisdom of Christian 

Watchfulness. 

Mark 13: 37. What I say unto you, I say 
unto all, Watch. 



The Glorious Change. 

1 Cor. 15: 53. For this corruptible must 
put on incorruption, and this mortal must 
put on immortality. 



Chandler. Benevolence and Integrity Essen- 
tials of Christianity. 

James 1: 27. Pure religion, and undeiiled 
before God and the Father is this, To visit 
the fatherless and widows in their afflic- 
tion, and to keep himself unspotted from 
the world, 



S. B. Williams. Experimental Religion. 

Ps. 66 : 16. Come and hear, all ye that 
fear God, and I will declare what he hath 
done for my soul. 



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R. Page. 



S. P. Williams. Christian Diligence. 
Heb. 6: 11, 12. 



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181 



S. P. Williams. The Christian Pilgrim. 

Ps. 39: 12. Hear my prayer, O Lokd, and 
give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace 
at my tears ; for I am a stranger with thee, 
and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. 



S. P. Williams. The Happiness of Self-Denial. 
Luke 18: 28-30. 



N. Emmons. The Peculiar Spirit of Christians. 

1 Cor. 2: 12. Now we have received, not 
the spirit of the world, but the spirit which 
is of God ; that we might know the things 
that are freely given to us of God. 



N. Emmons. Holy Obedience the only Title to 

Eternal Life. 

Luke 10: 27, 28. And he answering said, 
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all 
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all 
thy strength, and with all thy mind ; and 
thy neighbour as thyself, And he said 
unto him, Thou hast answered right : this 
do, and thou shalt live. 



N. Emmons. Perfect Holiness in this Life the 

Duty of all Christians. 

2 Cor. 13: 9. And this also we wish, even 
your perfection. 



N. Emmons. The Moral Imperfection of Chris- 
tians their greatest Burden. 
Rom. 7: 24. wretched man that I am ! 
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who shall deliver me from the body of this 

death 1 



N. Emmons. Love the Essence of Obedience. 

Eom. 13: 10. Love is the fulfilling of the 
law. 



N. Emmons. The Nature, Extent and Influence 
of the Moral Depravity of Sin- 
ners. 
Rom. 7: 7, 8. 



N. Emmons. The true Character of Good Men 

delineated. 

Rom. 7: 18. For I know that in me (that is, 
in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to 
will is present with me ; but how to perform 
that which is good I find not. 



N. Emmons. Justification. 

A. Fuller. Rom. 5: 1. Therefore being justified by 
faith, we have peace with God through 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 



N. Emmons. Unity of Sentiment tends to pro- 
mote Affection among Christians. 

1 Cor. 1: 10. Now I beseech you, breth- 
ren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that ye all speak the same thing, and that 
there be no divisions among you ; but that 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 183 

ye be perfectly joined together in the same 
mind and in the same judgment. 



Pres. Da vies. The Nature and Universality of 

Spiritual Death. 

Eph. 2: 1, 5. Who were dead in trespasses 
and sins. Even when we were dead in 
sins. 



Pres. Da vies. The Nature and Progress of 

Spiritual Life. 

Eph. 2: 4, 5. But God, who is rich in mer- 
cy, for his great love wherewith he loved 
us, even when we were dead in sins, hath 
quickened us together with Christ. 



Pres. Da vies. Poor and Contrite Spirits the 

Objects of Divine Favour. 

Isa. 66: 2. But to this man will I look, even 
to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, 
and trembleth at my word. 



Pres. Da vies. The Sacred Import of the Chris- 

R. Hall. tian Name. 

Acts 11: 26. And the disciples were called 
Christians first in Antioch. 



Pres. Davies. Danger of Lukewarmness in 
Religion. 

Eev. 3: 15, 16. I know thy works, that 
thou art neither cold nor hot : I would thou 
wert cold or hot. So then because thou 



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art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I 
will spew thee out of my mouth. 



Pres. Davies. Dedication to God argued from 
Redeeming Mercy. 
1 Cor. 6: 19-20. 



Pres. Davies. The Christian Feast. 

1 Cor. 5: 8. Therefore let us keep the 
feast, not with old leaven, neither with the 
leaven of malice and wickedness; but with 
the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 



Pres. Davies. An Enrolment of our Names in 

Heaven the noblest Source of Joy. 

Luke 10: 20. Kejoice, because your names 
are written in heaven. 



Pres. Davies. The Nature and Blessedness of 
Sonship with God. 

1 John 3: 1. Behold, what manner of love 
the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we 
should be called the sons of God : therefore 
the world knoweth us not, because it knew 
him not. 



Pres. Davies. The Nature of Love to Christ 
Opened and Enforced. 

John 21: 17. 



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Pres. Da vies. The Divine Life in the Soul. 

Gal. 2: 20. I am crucified with Christ : 
nevertheless I live ; yet not I, but Christ 
liveth in me : and the life which I now live 
in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of 
God, who loved me, and gave himself for 
me. 



Pres. Davies. A Sight of Christ the Desire 
and Delight of Saints in all Ages. 

John 8: 56. Your father Abraham rejoiced 
to see my day : and he saw it, and was glad. 



E. Payson. The Objects, Grounds, and Evi- 
dences of the Hope of the Right- 
eous. 

Prov. 14: 32. But the righteous hath hope 
in his death. 



E. Payson. Christians solemnly reminded of 

their Obligations. 

Josh. 24: 22. And Joshua said unto the 
people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves 
that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve 
him. And they said, We are witnesses. 



E. Payson. The Dead in Sin made Alive. 
Eph. 2: 1-7. 



E. Payson. The Work of Deliverance. 

Ezek. 9: 4-6. And the Lord said unto him, 



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Go through the midst of the city, through 
the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark 
upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and 
that cry for all the abominations that be 
done in the midst thereof. 



E. Payson. The Christian Manner of Express- 
ing Gratitude. 

2 Tim. 1: 16-18. 



E. Payson. The Timely Presence and Saluta- 
tion of Jesus. 

Luke 24: 36. And as they thus spake, 
Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, 
and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 



E. Payson. God's Approbation of our Labours 

Necessary to Success. 

Num. 14: 8. If the Lord delight in us, 
then he will bring us into this land, and 
give it us ; a land which floweth with milk 
and honey. 



E. Payson. The Prayer of Faith Exemplified 
in the Woman of Canaan. 

Mat. 15: 21-28. 



Fuller. The Future Perfection of the Church 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 



187 



contrasted with its Present Im- 
perfections. 

Eph. 5: 26, 27. That he might sanctify and 
cleanse it with the washing of water by the 
word, that he might present it to himself 
a glorious church, not having spot, or wrin- 
kle, or any such thing ; but that it should 
be holy and without blemish. 



Fuller. The Believer's Review of his Past 
and Present State. 

Eph. 2: 13. But now in Christ Jesus ye 
who sometimes were far off are made nigh 
by the blood of Christ. 



Fuller. The Principles and Prospects of a 
Servant of Christ. 

Jude 20: 21. But ye, beloved, building up 
yourselves on your most holy faith, praying 
in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in 
the love of God, looking for the mercy of 
our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 



Chalmers. The Principles of Love. 

Jude 21. Keep yourselves in the love of 
God. 



Chalmers. The Purifying Influence of Chris- 
tian Faith. 

Acts 26: 18. Sanctified by faith. 



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Chalmers. Gratitude not a Sordid Affection. 

1 John 4: 19. We love him because he 
first loved us. 



Chalmers. Conversion Illustrated by that of 
Saul. 

Gal. 1: 15, 16. But when it pleased God, 
who separated me from my mother's womb, 
and called me by his grace, to reveal his 
Son in me, that I might preach him among 
the heathen ; immediately I conferred not 
with flesh and blood. 



On the Law of God in the Heart. 

Ps. 37: 31. The law of his God is in his 
heart ; none of his steps shall slide. 



R. Hall. Parallel between the War with the 
Canaanitish Nations and that of 
Believers with their Spiritual 
Enemies. 
Josh. 5: 13-15. 



R. Hall. On Engagedness of Heart in Ap- 
proaching unto God. 

Jer. 30: 21. And their nobles shall be of 
themselves, and their governor shall pro- 
ceed from the midst of them ; and I will 
cause him to draw near, and he shall ap- 
proach unto me: for who is this that en- 
gaged his heart to approach unto me 1 saith 
the Lord. 



R. Hall 



R. Hall. 



R. Hall. 



R. Hall. 



R. Hall. 



R. Hall. 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 189 

Prayer for the Increase of Faith. 
Luke 17: 5. Increase our faith. 



The Comforts of Christians under 

either Worldly or Spiritual Trials. 

Ps. 94: 19. In the multitude of my thoughts 
within me thy comforts delight my soul. 



The Reward of the Pious in Heaven. 

Mat. 5: 12. Rejoice, and be exceeding 
glad : for great is your reward in heaven : 
for so persecuted they the prophets which 
were before you. 



Love of the Brethren a Criterion of 

Discipleship. 

1 John 3: 14. We know that we have 
passed from death unto life, because we 
love the brethren. He that loveth not his 
brother abideth in death. 



The Duty of Intercession. 

1 Tim. 2: 1. I exhort, therefore, that, first 
of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, 
and giving thanks, be made for all men. 



The Discouragements of Pious Men. 

Num. 21: 4. And the soul of the people 
was much discouraged because of the way. 
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190 

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Simeon. 
Simeon. 

Simeon. 



Simeon. 
Simeon. 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 

Christ's Advice to the self-deceiving 

Professor. 
Rev. 3: 17, 18. 



The Doxology of the Redeemed. 
Rev. 5: 11-13. 



The Riches of Divine Grace Dis- 
played. 
Eph. 2: 4-7. 



Conversion a Ground of Thankful- 
ness. 

Rom. 6: 17. But God be thanked, that ye 
were the servants of sin, but ye have 
obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine 
which was delivered you. 



The Discouragements and Supports 

experienced by God's People. 
Isa. 40: 29-31. 



God's Treatment of us as Branches 
of the True Vine. 

John 15: 1, 2. I am the true vine, and my 
Father is the husbandman. Every branch 
in me that beareth not fruit he taketh 
away: and every branch that beareth fruit, 
he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more 
fruit. 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 191 

Simeon. The Christian congratulated on his 

Reliance on Christ. 

Cant. 8: 5. Who is this that cometh up 
from the wilderness, leaning upon her 
beloved % 



Simeon. Extent and Grounds of Christian 
Obedience. 
Eom. 14: 7, 9. 



Simeon. Greatness and Preciousness of the 

Promises. 

2 Peter 1: 4. Whereby are given unto us 
exceeding great and precious promises: 
that by these ye might be partakers of the 
divine nature, having escaped the corrup- 
tion that is in the world through lust. 



Simeon. Exhortation to Holiness. 
1 Peter 2: 11, 12. 



Simeon. God's Dealings with his People. 

Isa. 42: 16. And I will bring the blind by a 
way that they knew not $ I will lead them in 
paths that they have not known : I will 
make darkness light before them, and 
crooked things straight. These things will 
I do unto them, and not forsake them. 



Simeon. 



The Glory which Christ gives to his 
People. 

John 17: 22. And the glory which thou 



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Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 



gavest me I have given them ; that they 
may be one even as we are one. 



Folly of a Fruitless Profession. 

Luke 6: 46. And why call ye me Lord, 
Lord, and do not the things which I say \ 



Faith Establishes the Law. 

Eom. 3: 31. Do we then make void the 
law through faith ^. God forbid : yea, we 
establish the law. 



Consolation for the Desponding. 
Isa. 41: 17, 18. 



The Security of those who believe 

in Christ. 

1 Peter 2: 6. Wherefore also it is contain- 
ed in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Si on a 
chief corner stone, elect, precious : and he 
that believeth on him shall not be con- 
founded. 



The Difference between Fruitful 

and Barren Professors. 
Heb. 6: 7, 8. 

An Inquiry into the Reality and 

Degree of our Faith. 
John 1G: 31. Do ye now believe 1 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 



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Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



The Folly of Unbelief. 

Eom. 3: 3. For what if some did not be- 
lieve 1 shall their unbelief make the faith of 
God without effect % 



The Believer's Righteousness. 
Eom. 3. 21, 22. 



Justification in a way that excludes 
Boasting. 

Eom. 3: 27, 28. Where is boasting then % 
It is excluded. By what law % of works % 
Nay : but by the law of faith. Therefore, 
we conclude that a man is justified by faith 
without the deeds of the law. 



The Office and Operation of Faith. 

Gal. 5: 6. For in Jesus Christ neither cir- 
cumcision availeth any thing, nor uncir- 
cumcision ; but faith which worketh by 
love. 



Extent and Importance of a Chris- 
tian's Duty. 

Mat. 16: 24, §5. Then said Jesus unto his 
disciples, If any man will come after me, let 
him deny himself, and take up his cross, 
and follow me. For whosoever will save 
his life shall lose it : and whosoever will 
lose his life for my sake shall find it. 

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The Self-Deception of Covetous 
Professors. 

Ezek. 33: 31, 32. 



Warning to carnal, worldly-minded 

Professors. 
Phil. 3: 18, 19. 



Against a Disposition to Relinquish 
the Lord's Service. 

Luke 9: 62. And Jesus said unto him, No 
man having put his hand to the plough, and 
looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. 



The Evil of Backsliding. 

Jer. 2: 19. Thine own wickedness shall 
correct thee, and thy backslidings shall re- 
prove thee : know therefore and see that 
it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast 
forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my 
fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of 
hosts, 



Invitation to Backsliders. 

Jer. 3: 22. Return, ye backsliding children, 
and I will heal your backslidings. 



Our Resurrection with Christ a 
Motive to Heavenly Mindedness. 

Col. 3: 1. If ye then be risen with Christ, 
seek those things which are above, where 
Christ silteth on the right hand of God. 



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Simeon. Against Conformity to the World. 

Rom. 12: 2. And be not conformed to this 
world : but be ye transformed by the re- 
newing of your mind, that ye may prove 
what is that good, and acceptable, and per- 
fect will of God. 



Simeon. Directions for Running a Race. 

1 Cor. 9: 24. Know ye not that they which 
run in a race run all, but one receiveth the 
prize % So run, that ye may obtain. 



Simeon. Putting off the Old Man and putting 
on the New. 
Eph. 4: 22-24. 



Simeon. The Church's Union with Christ. 



Simeon. 



Rev. 19: 7, 8. 



Encouragement to the Weak. 
Isa. 35: 3, 4. 



Simeon. The Extent of a Christian's Duty. 
Phil. 4: 8. 



Simeon. Faithfulness Rewarded, 
Rev. 2: 10. 



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Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 
Simeon. 

Simeon. 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 

A Right Improvement of Electing 

Love. 
Deut. 7: 6-10. 



Nearness of Salvation a Motive to 

Diligence. 

Rom. 13: 11. And that, knowing the time, 
that now it is high time to awake out of 
sleep : for now is our salvation nearer than 
when we believed. 



Vigilance Prescribed. 

Eom. 13: 12. The night is far spent, the 
day is at hand : let us therefore cast off the 
w r orks of darkness, and let us put on the 
armour of light. 



Blessedness of the True Christian. 

Luke 11: 28. But he said, Yea, rather, 
blessed are they that hear the word of God, 
and keep it. 



Nature and Importance of Christian 
Zeal. 

Gal. 4: 18. But it is good to be zealously 
affected always in a good thing. 



The Duty of Walking in the Light. 
John 12: 35, 36. 



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Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Joy in Christ. 

Ps. 149: 2. Let Israel rejoice in him that 
made him : let the children of Zion be joy- 
ful in their King. 



The Christian's Strength. 

Eph. 6: 10. Finally, my brethren, be strong 
in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 

God's Presence with his Church. 

Ex. 33: 14. And he said, My presence 
shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. 



The Blessedness of those Interested 
in Christ's Intercession. 

John 17: 24. Father, I will that they also, 
whom thou hast given me, be with me where 
I am ; that they may behold my glory, 
which thou hast given me : for thou lovedst 
me before the foundation of the world. 



The Inward Witness. 

1 John 5: 10. He that believeth on the Son 
of God hath the witness in himself: he that 
believeth not God hath made him a liar ; 
because he believeth not the record that 
God gave of his Son. 



A Promise of Victory over Sin. 

Eom. 6: 14. For sin shall not have domin- 
ion over you : for ye are not under the 
law, but under grace. 



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Simeon. Victory over Satan. 

Rom. 16:20. And the God of peace shall 
bruise Satan under your feet shortly. 



Simeon. The Benefits arising from God's Re- 
turn to the Soul. 
Isa. 30: 26. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



God will Constrain his People to 

Return unto Him. 
Hos. 2: 6, 7. 



The Nature, Author and Finisher 
of a Work of Grace. 

Phil. 1: 6. Being confident of this very 
thing, that he which hath begun a good 
work in you will perform it until the day of 
Jesus Christ. 



Simeon. The Church's Prosperity. 

Isa. 60: 19. The sun shall be no more thy 
light by day ; neither for brightness shall 
the moon give light unto thee : but the 
Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting 
light, and thy God thy glory. 



Simeon. God's Care for his Church. 

Isa. 27: 3. I the Lord do keep it ; I will 
water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I 
will keep it night and day. 



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Simeon. Believers are Christ's Property. 
1 Cor. 3: 23. Ye are Christ's. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



The Privileges of Christ's Flock. 

Luke 12: 32. Fear not, little flock ; for it 
is your Father's good pleasure to give you 
the kingdom. 



The Security of all God's People. 

Amos 9: 9. For, lo, 1 will command, and I 
will sift the house of Israel among all na- 
tions, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet 
shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. 



Sowing in Tears. 

Ps. 126: 5. They that sow in tears shall 
reap in joy. 



All Things work for Good to God's 
People. 

Eom. 8: 28. And we know that all things 
work together for good to them that love 
God, to them who are the called according 
to his purpose. 



The Privilege of those who live Near 
to God. 

Deut. 32: 12. So the Lord alone did lead 
him, and there was no strange god with him. 



The Day of Small Things. 

Zech. 4: 10. For who hath despised the 
day of small things ^ 



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Simeon. 

Simeon. 
Simeon. 
Simeon. 



Simeon. 
Simeon. 
Simeon. 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 

The Joy of the Lord the Christian's 
Strength. 

Neh. 8: 10. For the joy of the Lord is 
your strength. 



The Effects of Diligence in Religion. 

Hos. 6: 3. Then shall we know, if we fol- 
low on to know the Lord. 



The Reward of Holiness. 

Rev. 3: 4. And they shall walk with me in 
white : for they are worthy. 



The Victor's Reward. 

Rev. 3: 21. To him that overcometh will 
I grant to sit with me in my throne, even 
as I also overcame, and am set down with 
my Father in his throne. 



The Felicity of the Glorified Saints. 
Rev. 7: 14-17. 



Abraham an Example of Faith. 
Rom. 4: 20,21. 



The Christian's Choice. 

Ps. 73: 25. Whom have I in heaven but 
thee ? and there is none upon earth that I 
desire beside thee. 



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Simeon. Paul's Love to the Elect Exempli- 
fied. 

2 Tim. 2: 10. Therefore I endure all things 
for the elect's sakes, that they may also 
obtain the salvation which is in Christ 
Jesus with eternal glory. 



Simeon, An Israelite Indeed. 



John 1: 47. Behold an Israelite indeed, 
in whom is no guile ! 



Simeon. Weanedness from the World. 

Ps. 131: 2. Surely I have behaved and 
quieted myself, as a child that is weaned 
of his mother : my soul is even as a weaned 
child. 



Simeon. Paradoxical Experience. 

2 Cor. 6: 10. As sorrowful, yet alway 
rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich ; 
as having nothing, and yet possessing all 
things. 



Simeon. 



Repentance Exemplified in the Co- 
rinthian Church. 

2 Cor. 7: 10, 11. 



Simeon. Effects of Faith. 



Luke 7: 50. Thy faith hath saved thee. 
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Simeon. Paul's Spiritual Conflicts. 

Rom. 7: 24, 25. O wretched man that I 
am ! who shall deliver me from the body 
of this death 1 I thank God through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. So then with the mind 
I myself serve the law of God 5 but with 
the flesh the law of sin. 



Simeon. The Prayer of Jabez. 

1 Chron. 4: 10. And Jabez called on the 
God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou would- 
est bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, 
and that thine hand might be with me, and 
that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that 
it may not grieve me ! And God granted 
him that which he requested. 



Simeon. Paul's Assurance of Persevering. 

Rom. 8: 38, 39. For I am persuaded, that 
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor prin- 
cipalities, nor powers, nor things present, 
nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, 
nor any other creature, shall be able to sep- 
arate us from the love of God ; which is in 
Christ Jesus our Lord. 



Simeon. Present Troubles not to be Com- 
pared with Future Glory. 

Rom. 8: 18. For I reckon that the suffer- 
ings of this present time are not worthy to 
be compared with the glory that shall be 

revealed in us. 



D, A. Clark. The Soul Reluctantly made fast 
to Earth. 

J\s. 119; 25, My soul cleaveth unto the 



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dust : quicken thou me according to thy 
word. 



D. A. Clark. The Perfected Good Man. 

2 Tim. 3: 17. That the man of God may 
be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all 
good works. 



D. A. Clark. Obedience the Test of Affection. 

Mai. 1: 6. A son honoureth his father, and 
a servant his master : if then Hea father, 
where is mine honour % and if I be a mas- 
ter, where is my fear 1 saith the Lord of 
hosts unto you. 



D. A. Clark. The Christian's Sheet Anchor. 

Heb. 6: 19. Which hope we have as an anchor 
of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and 
which entereth into that within the veil. 



D. A. Clark. Heavenly Fellowship. 

1 John 1: 3. That which we have seen and 
heard declare we unto you, that ye also 
may have fellowship with us: and truly our 
fellowship is with the Father, and with his 
Son Jesus Christ. 



D. A. Clark. The Burning Bush: or the Church 
Safe. 

Ex. 3: 3. And Moses said, I will now turn 
aside, and see this great sight, why the 
bush is not burnt. 



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D. A. Clark. The Loiterer at the Vineyard. 

Mat. 20: 6. And about the eleventh hour 
he went out, and found others standing idle, 
and saith unto them, Why stand ye here 
all the day idle 1 

D. A. Clark. The Nature and Result of Sanc- 

tification. 

John 17: 17. Sanctify them through thy 
truth : thy word is truth. 

D. A. Clark. Means of Sanctification. 
John 17: 17. 



D. A. Clark. The Man of God Developed. 

John 15: 19. If ye were of the world, the 
world would love his own : but because ye 
are not of the world, but I have chosen you 
out of the world, therefore the world hateth 
you. 



D. A. Clark. A Brand plucked from the Fire. 

Luke 23: 43. And Jesus said unto him, 
Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou 
be with me in paradise. 



D A. Clark. The Only Interest in Safe Keep- 
ing. 

Deut. 32: 9. For the Lord's portion is his 
people j Jacob & the lot of his inheritance. 



Smalley. Perfection of Saints in Heaven. 

Hcb. 12: 23. Just men made perfect. 



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Smalley. Death and the Grave the Termina- 
tion of all Evil to the Redeemed. 

1 Cor. 15: 26. The last enemy that shall 
be destroyed is death. 



Smalley. Love to Christ an Essential Evi- 
dence of Saving Grace. 

Eph. 6: 24. Grace be with all them that 
love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. 
Amen. 



Dana , S el f-D e di c ation . 



Rom. 6: 13. Neither yield ye your mem- 
bers as instruments of unrighteousness unto 
sin : but yield yourselves unto God, as those 
that are alive from the dead, and your mem- 
bers as instruments of righteousness unto 
God. 



Dana. Future Blessedness of the Righteous. 

1 Thess. 4: 14. For if we believe that Je- 
sus died and rose again, even so them also 
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with. 



him. 



Tholuck. Earnest of Eternal Life. 
Rom. 8: 15-17. 



Tholuck. The Presence of God with his Chil- 
dren. 

James 4: 8. Draw nigh to God,, and he 
will draw nigh to you. 
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Whitefield. Persecution Every Christian's Lot. 

2 Tim. 3: 12. Yea, and all that will live 
godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecu- 
tion. 



Whitefield. Abraham Offering up Isaac. 

Gen. 22: 12. And he said, Lay not thine 
hand upon the lad, neither do thou any 
thing unto him : for now I know that thou 
fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld 
thy son, thine only son from me. 



Whitefield. Saul's Conversion. 

Acts 9: 22. But Saul increased the more 
in strength, and confounded the Jews which 
dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very 
Christ. 



Whitefield. Christ the Believer's Wisdom, . 

Righteousness, Sanctification and 

Redemption. 

1 Cor. 1: 30. But of him are ye in Christ 
Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, 
and righteousness, and sanctification, and 
redemption. 



Whitefield. The Indwelling of the Spirit the 
Privilege of all Believers. 

John 7: 37-39. 



Whitefield, Christ the Believer's Refuse. 
Ts. 16: 1-6. 



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Whitefield. Soul Prosperity. 



3 John 2. Beloved, I wish above all things 
that thou mayest prosper and be in health, 
even as thy soul prospereth. 



Whitefield. Soul Dejection. 

Ps. 43: 5. Why art thou cast down, my 
soul ] and why art thou disquieted within 
me 1 hope in God : for I shall yet praise 
him, who is the health of my countenance 
and my God. 



McWhorter. The Duty of Declining Chris- 
tians. 
Rev. 2: 4, 5. 



Faith Struggling with Difficulties. 
Mat. 15: 21-28. 



A. Lee. Gifts no Evidence of Grace. 

Luke 10: 20. Notwithstanding in this re- 
joice not, that the spirits are subject unto 
you i but rather rejoice, because your 
names are written in heaven. 



Lathrop. Departed Saints Fellow-Servants 

with those on Earth. 

Eev. 22: 9. Then saith he unto me, See 
thou do it not : for I am thy fellow-servant, 
and of thy brethren the prophets, and of 
them which keep the sayings of this book : 
worship God. 



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Lathrop. The Paralytic Healed on the Faith 

of Others. 

Mark 2: 5. When Jesus saw their faith, he 
said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy 
sins be forgiven thee. 



Lathrop. The Christian Characterized who 

has been with Jesus. 

Acts 4: 13. Now when they saw the bold- 
ness of Peter and John, and perceived that 
they were unlearned and ignorant men, 
they marvelled $ and they took knowledge 
of them that they had been with Jesus. 



Lathrop. The Temper of a Christian with 

Regard to Moral Good or Evil. 

Rom. 12: 9. Abhor that which is evil; 
cleave to that which is good. 



Lathrop. Anointing of the Spirit sure Evi- 
dence of our Title to Eternal Life. 

1 John 2: 27. But the anointing which ye 
have received of him abideth in you, and ye 
need not that any man teach you : but as 
the same anointing teacheth you of all 
things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even 
as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in 
him. 



Lathrop. Christian Fellowship. 



1 John 1: 7. If wo walk in light we have 
fellowship one with another. 



Lathrop. 



Lathrop. 



Lathrop. 



Lathrop. 



Dehon. 



Skelton. 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 209 

Steadfastness in Religion. 

1 Thess. 3s 8. For now we live, if ye stand 
fast in the Lord. 



Samson Shorn of his Locks. 

Judges 16: 20* And she said, The Philis- 
tines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke 
out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as 
at other times before, and shake myself. 
And he wist not that the Lord was departed 
from him. 



The Believer's Blessed Hope. 

Titus 2: 13. Looking for that blessed hope, 
and the glorious appearing of the great God 
and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 



Love to Christ. 

1 Peter 1: 8. Whom having not seen, ye 
love ; in whom, though now ye see him not, 
yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeak- 
able and full of glory. 



Solicitude for Religion. 

1 Sam. 4: 13. For his heart trembled for 
the ark of God. 



The True Christian both Dead and 
Alive. 

Col. 3: 3. For ye are dead, and your life is 
hid with Christ in God. 



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Skelton. The Wisdom of this World. 

Luke 16: 8. The children of this world are 
wiser in their generation than the children 
of light. 



IIoRXE. 



HORNE. 



HORNE. 



The Race. 

1 Cor. 9: 24. So run that ye may obtain. 



Horne. The Armour. 



Eph. 11: 11. Put on the whole armour of 
God. 



Union. 

2 Cor. 13: 11. Be of one mind. 



Mixture of Joy and Fear in Religion. 

Ps. 2: 11. Rejoice with trembling. 



Horne. Enoch's Translation. 



Gen. 5: 24. And Enoch walked with God : 
and he was not : for God took him. 



Pulpit Sketches. Evidences of Adoption. 

John 1: 12. But as many as received him, 
to them gave he power to become the sons 
of God, even to them that believe on his 
name. 



Pulpit Sketches. Ungodly Professors Admon- 
ished. 

James 1: 8. Purify your hearts, ye double- 
mindedi 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 211 

Pulpit Sketches. Disagreement among Breth- 



ren. 



Gen. 45: 24 See t 1 t ye fall not oat by 
the way. 



Pulpit Sketches. Elijah's Defection. 

1 Kings 19: 9. What doest thou here, 
Elijah I ' 



Pulpit Sketches. The Believer's Triumph. 
Ps. 118: 10-12. 



Pulpit Sketches. Paul's Constancy. 
Acts 21: 10-14. 



Pulpit Sketches. Christian Edification. 
2 Pet. 1: 5-8. 



Pulpit Sketches. Invitation to Enlarged 



Prayer. 



Ps. 81: 10. Open thy mouth wide, and I 
will fill it. 



Pulpit Sketches. Glorying in the Cross. 

Gal. 6: 14. But God forbid that I should 
glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto 
me, and I unto the world. 



Pulpit Sketches. The Penitential Sacrifice. 

Ps. 51: 17. The sacrifices of God arc a 



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broken spirit : a broken and a contrite heart, 
O God, thou wilt not despise. 



Pulpit Sketches. Christian Perfection an Ob- 
ject of Prayer and Effort. 
Heb. 13: 20, 21. 



Pulpit Sketches. Spiritual Enlargement. 

Ps. 142: 7. Bring my soul out of prison, 
that I may praise thy name : the righteous 
shall compass me about ) for thou shalt deal 
bountifully with me. 



Pulpit Sketches. Religious Steadfastness. 

2 Kings 18: 6. For he clave to the Lord, 
and departed not from following him, but 
kept his commandments, which the Lord 
commanded Moses. 



Pulpit Sketches. Practical Inconsistencies re- 
proved. 

James 3: 10. Out of the same mouth pro- 
eeedeth blessing and cursing. My breth- 
ren, these things ought not so to be. 



Pulpit Sketches. The Apostle's Prayer. 

Luke 17: 5. Lord, increase our faith. 



Pulpit Sketches. Wicked Professors the Bane 
of the Church. 

Jer. 5: 26. For among my people are found 
wicked men. 



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Pulpit Sketches. Importance of Living to 
Convert Sinners. 

James 5: 20. Let him know, that he which 
converteth a sinner from the error of his 
way, shall save a soul from death, and shall 
hide a multitude of sins. 



Dana. A Christian Character the best De- 
fence of Christianity. 

j 

1 Pet. 3: 15, 16. 



Dana. Business of Life and Hope in Death. 

Acts 13: 36. For David, after he had served 
his own generation by the will of God, fell 
on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and 
saw corruption. 



Burder. Danger of Formality and Hypocrisy. 

Mat. 7: 21. Not every one that saith unto 
me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king- 
dom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will 
of my Father which is in heaven. 



Burder. Zeal for the Salvation of Sinners. 

Rom. 10: 1. Brethren, my heart's desire 
and prayer to God for Israel is, that they 
might be saved. 



Burder. Nature of Faith in Christ. 

John 6: 27. Labour not for the meat which 
perisheth, but for that meat which endureth 
unto everlasting life, which the Son of man 
shall give unto you : for him hath God the 
Father sealed. 

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Bi rder. The Christian Temper. 

Phil. 2: 5. Let this mind be in you, which 
was also in Christ Jesus. 



BURDER. 



Christian Practice. 
Tit. 2: 11, 12. 



Burder. Conversion of Lyclia. 



Acts 16: 14. And a certain woman named 
Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of 
Thyatira, which worshipped G od, heard us : 
whose heart the Lord opened, that she at- 
tended unto the things which were spoken 
of Paul. 



Burder. On Following the Lord Fully. 

Numb. 14: 24. My servant Caleb hath fol- 
lowed me fully. 



Burder. Superabounding Grace. 

Eom. 5: 20. Moreover the law entered, 
that the olfence might abound. But where 
sin abounded, grace did much more abound. 



Burder. Spiritual Resurrection. 

John 5: 25. Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
The hour is coming, and now is, when the 
dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: 
and they that hear shall live. 



Burder. 



Practical Knowledge of Christ. 

Eph. I: 20, 21. But ye have not so learned 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 



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Christ : if so be that ye have heard him, and 
have been taught by him, as the truth is in 
Jesus. 



Burder. The Happy Believer. 

Luke 1: 45. And blessed is she that be- 
lieved ; for there shall be a performance of 
those things which were told her from the 
Lord. 



Burder. Complete Purification. 

1 John 5: 3. And every man that hath this 
hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is 
pure. 



Pres. Dwight. On a Good Profession. 

1 Tim. 6: 12. Fight the good fight of faith, 
lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art 
also called, and hast professed a good pro- 
fession before many witnesses. 



Pres. Dwight. Christ Loves his Children to 
the End. 

John 1.3: 1. Having loved his own which 
were in the world, he loved them unto the 
end. 



Pres. Edwards. The Portion of the Righteous. 

Rom. 2: 10. But glory, honour, and peace, 
to every man that worketh good, to the 
Jew first, and also to the Gentile. 



216 MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 

Pres. Edwards. The Pure in Heart Blessed. 

Mat. 5: 8. Blessed are the pure in heart : 
for they shall see God. 



Pres. Edwards. Christians a Chosen Genera- 
tion, a Royal Priesthood, a Holy 
Nation, a Peculiar People. 
1 Pet. 2: 9. 



Pres. Edwards. The Peace which Christ gives. 

John 14: 27. Peace I leave with you, my 
peace I give unto you : not as the world 
giveth, give I unto you. Let not your 
heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 



Pres. Edwards. The Reality of Spiritual Light. 

Mat. 16: 17. And Jesus answered and said 
unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona : 
for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto 
thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 



Pres. Edwards. The Church's Marriage. 

Isa. 62: 4, 5. 



Pres. Edwards. Christian Knowledge. 

Ilcl). 5: 12. For when for the time ye ought 
to be teachers, ye have need that one teach 
you again which be the first principles of 
the oracles of God ; and are become such 
as have need of milk, and not of strong 
meat. 



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Pres. Edwards. God the Portion of the Chris- 
tian. 

Ps. 73: 25. Whom have I in heaven hut 
theel and there is none upon earth that I 
desire beside thee. 



Pres. Edwards. The Necessity of Self-Exam- 
ination. 

Ps. 139: 23, 24. Search me, O God, and 
know my heart : try me, and know my 
thoughts : and see if there be any wicked 
way in me, and lead me in the way ever- 
lasting. 

Pres. Edwards. A Warning to Professors. 
Ezek. 23: 37-39. 



Pres. Edwards. True Grace Distinguished 

from the Experience of Devils. 

James 2: 19. Thou believest that there is 
one God; thou doest well: the devils also 
believe, and tremble. 

Massilon. The Uncertainty of Righteousness 
in a State of Lukewarrnness. 

Massilon. The Certainty of the Loss of Right- 
eousness in a State of Luke- 
warrnness. 

Massilon. Works of the Flesh and Spirit Dis- 
tinguished. 
John 3: 6, That which is born of the flesh 
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is flesh ; and that which is born of the Spirit 
is spirit. 



W. B. Sprague. The Christian Desires not to 
live Alway. 
Job 7: 16. I would not live alway. 



Leighton. Generous Grief. 

Ps. 119: 136. Rivers of water ran down 
mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. 



Leighton. The Believer a Hero. 



Ps. 112: 7. He shall not be afraid of evil 
tiding 
Lord. 



tidings : his heart is fixed, trusting in the 



Leighton. Encouragement to Holiness. 

2 Cor. 7: 1. Having therefore these prom- 
ises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves 
from all hlthiness of the flesh and spirit, 
perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 



Leighton. Divine Grace and Holy Obedience. 

Ps. 119: 32. I will run the way of thy 
commandments, when thou shalt enlarge 
my heart. 



Leighton. The Christian Triumph. 

Pom. S: 35. Who shall separate us from 
the love of Christ 1 shall tribulation, or 
distress, or persecution, or famine, or 
nakedness, or peril, or sword'? 



MAN AS A CHRISTIAN. 



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Leighton. 



Leighton, 



Leighton 



Imperfection and Perfection. 

Ps. 119: 96. I have seen an end of all per- 
fection : but thy commandment is exceed- 
ing broad. 



The Confidence of Faith. 
Hab. 3: 17, 18. 



The Law Written on the Heart. 

Heb. 8: 10. For this is the covenant that 
1 will make with the house of Israel, after 
those days, saith the Lord ; I will put my 
laws into their mind, and write them in 
their hearts: and I will be to them a God, 
and they shall be to me a people. 



SUBJECTS APPROPRIATE TO MAN IN HIS SOCIAL 
RELATIONS. 



Barrow. On Living in Peace among Neigh- 
bours. 

Rom. 12: 18. If it be possible, as much as 
lieth in you, live peaceaWy with all men. 



Jay. The Happy Family. 

John lit 5. Now Jesus loved Martha, and 
her sister, and Lazarus. 



Jay. The Benefit of Christian Inter- 

course. 

Acts 28: 15. And from thence, when the 
brethren heard of us, they came to meet us 
as far as Appii Forum, and The Three Tav- 
erns ; whom when Paul saw, he thanked 
God, and took courage. 



Jay. The Advantage of having Godly 

Parents. 

Prov. 13: 22. A good man leavcth an in- 
heritance to li is children's children. 



Jay. The Happy Parent. 

Prov. 23: 15. My son, if thine heart be 
wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 



SOCIAL RELATIONS. 



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Jay. Domestic Happiness. 



Ps. 118: 15. Thevoice of rejoicing is in the 
tabernacles of the righteous. 



Mutual Duties of Husbands and 

Wives. 
1 Peter 3: 1-7. 



McIlvaine's Collection. Christian Education. 

Prov. 22: 6. Train up a child in the way- 
he should go : and when he is old, he will 
not depart from it. 



J. Matthews, The Duty of Family Worship. 

R.Hall. 2 Sam. 6: 20. Then David returned to 
bless his household. 



X Nelson. Characteristics of a Family Gov- 
erned by Religious Principle. 

Mat. 10: 13. And if the house be worthy, 
let your peace come upon it. 



A. W. Leland. The Guilt and Misery attend- 
ant on Parental Indulgence. 
1 Sam. 3: 13. For I have told him that I 
will judge his house forever for the ini- 
quity which he knoweth ; because his sons 
made themselves vile, and he restrained 
them not. 



J. M. Matthews. The Religious Influence of 
Mothers. 

2 Kings 4: 19. Carry him to his mother. 



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SOCIAL RELATIONS. 



Pres. Dayies. The Necessity and Excellence 
of Family Religion. 

2 Tim. 5: 8. But if any provide not for his 
own, and especially for those of his own 
house, he hath denied the faith, and is 
worse than an infidel. 



Carnahan. Filial Duty. 

Prov. 1: 8. My son, hear the instruction 
of thy father, and forsake not the law of 
thy mother. 



Parental Privilege and Obligation. 

Gen. 17: 7. And I will establish my cove- 
nant between me and thee, and thy seed 
after thee in their generations for an ever- 
lasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, 
and to thy seed after thee. 



SUBJECTS FOR COMMUNION. — (See Christ and Christian.) 

Saurin. The Crucifixion. 

Mat. 27: 45-53. 



Saurin. Christ's Valedictory Address to his 
I )isciples. 

John 14: 15, If ye love me, keep my 

commandments. And I will pray the Fa- 
ther, and ho shall give you another Com- 
forter, that he may abide with you forever. 



COMMUNION. 



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Saurin. The Table of Shew Bread and the 
Eucharist. 
Mai. 1: 6, 7. 



A. Dickinson. Gain from the Sufferings of 
Christ. 

Luke 24: 26. Ought not Christ to have 
suffered these things, and to enter into his 
glory 1 



W. B. Sprague. The Mediation of Christ the 

Ground of the Believer's Triumph . 

Eom. 8: 34. Who is he that condemn etui 
It is Christ that died, yea, rather that is 
risen again, who is even at the right hand 
of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 



I. Lewis. The Union of Believers with Christ. 

John 15: 5. I am the vine, ye are the 
branches. 



G. C. Beckwith. Influence of the Atonement 
on the Believer's Conscience. 
Heb. 9: 13, 14. 



Pres. Davies. The Sufferings of Christ, and 
their consequent Joys and Bless- 
ings. 
Isa. 53: 10, 11. 



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COMMUNION. 



Pres. Davies. The Divine Perfections Illus- 
trated in the Method of Salvation 
through the Sufferings of Christ. 
John 12: 27, 28. 



A. Fuller. Conformity to the Death of Christ. 

Phil. 3: 10. Being made conformable to 
his death. 



Simeon. The Design and Importance of the 

Lord's Supper. 

1 Cor. 24: 26. This do in remembrance of 
me. 



Preparation Requisite for the Sup- 
per. 

1 Cor. 11: 28. But let a man examine 
himself, and so let him eat of that bread, 
and drink of that cup. 



Simeon, Our Lord's Trial and Execution. 

Isa. 53: 8. He was taken from prison and 
from judgment, and who shall declare his 
generation 1 for he was cut off out of the 
land of the living : for the transgression of 
my people was he stricken. 



Simeon, ( ihrist's Complaint on the Cross. 

Mat. 27: 4»6. And about the ninth hour Je- 
sus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, 
Eli, lama sabachthanil that is to say, My 
God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me 1 



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225 



Simeon. The True Cause of our Lord's Suf- 
ferings. 

Xsa, 53: 5. But he was wounded for our 
transgressions, he was bruised for our ini- 
quities : the chastisement of our peace was 
upon him ; and with his stripes we are 
healed. 



Simeon. The Grounds of Praise to Christ. 
Rev. 1 : 5, 6. 



McWhorter. The Covenant of Grace Ratified 
and Confirmed by the Blood of 
Christ. 

Luke 22 : 20. Likewise also the cup after 
supper, saying, This cup is the new testa- 
ment in my blood, which is shed for you. 

Lathrop. The Disciples Gazing after their 
Ascended Lord. 
Acts 1: 10, 11. 

John Leaning on Jesus' Bosom. 

John 13: 23. Now there was leaning on 
Jesus' bosom, one of his disciples, whom 
Jesus loved. 

The Death of Christ. 

John 17: 1. Father, the hour is come. 

The Lord's Table. 
Ps. 23: 5. Thou preparest a table before 
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me in the presence of mine enemies: thou 
anointest my head with oil : my cup run- 
neth over. 



Prerequisites for Communing with 
God. 

Amos 3: 3. Can two walk together except 
they be agreed 1 



Christ's Agony in the Garden. 

Mat. 26: 38. Then saith he unto them, My 
soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto 
death : tarry ye here, and watch with me. 



The Last Supper. 

Luke 22: 15. And he said unto them, With 
desire I have desired to eat this passover 
with you before I suffer. 



Attraction of the Cross. 

John 12: 32. And I, if I be lifted up from 
the earth, will draw all men unto me. 



SUBJECTS APPROPRIATE TO FAST. 

Sin Ruins a Kingdom. 

1 Sam. 12: 24., 25. Only fear the Lord, and 
serve him in truth with all your heart : for 
consider how great things he hath done for 
you. But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye 
shall be consumed, both ye and your king. 



FAST. 227 



L, Beecher. The Gospel the only Security for 
Eminent and Abiding National 
Prosperity. 
Jer. 9: 23, 24. 



L. Beecher. Propriety and Importance of Ef- 
forts to Evangelize the Nation. 

(Same text.) 



S. Miller. The Duty, Method, and Benefits of 
Fasting. 

Dan. 9: 3. And I set my face unto the 
Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplica- 
tions, with fasting, and sackcloth, and 
ashes. 



Pres. Da vies. A Crisis : or the Uncertain Doom 

of Kingdoms at particular Times. 

Jonah 3: 9. Who can tell if God will turn 
arid repent; and turn away from his fierce 
anger, that we perish not % 



A. Fuller. The Duty of Religious People to- 
ward their Country. 

Jer. 29: 7. And seek the peace of the city 
whither I have caused you to be carried 
away captives, and pray unto the LoED for 
it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have 
peace. 



Humiliation before God. 

James 4: 10. Humble yourselves iv the 
sight of the Lord, 



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Simeon. 

Simeon. 

Simeon. 
Simeon. 
Simeon, 

Simeon, 
Simeon. 



fast. 

A Complaint of Men's Unconcern 

about Repentance. 
Isa. 22: 12-14. 



Obstinacy under Chastisements. 

Isa. 9: 13. For the people turnethnot unto 
him that smiteth them, neither do they seek 
the Lord of hosts. 



Ingratitude for Mercies Received. 
Ps. 106: 21-23. 



Exhortation to Return to God. 
Jer. 13: 15-17. 



Exhortation to Flee to God in Time 

of Danger. 
Isa. 26: 20, 21. 



God only to be Feared. 
Isa. 8: 12-14. 



Exhortation to Covenant with God. 

2 Chron. 20: 10, 11. Now it is in mine 
hear! (o make a covenant with the Lord 
God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn 
away from lis. My sons, be notnownegli- 
genl ; lor the Lord hath chosen you to 
stand before him, to serve him, and that ye 
should minister unto him, and burn incense. 



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229 



Simeon. Directions for a Profitable Approach 
to God. 
1 Kings 8: 38, 39. 



Simeon. Encouragement to all who seek God 
Aright. 
Jer. 29: 11-13. 



E. T, Fitch. National Prosperity Perpetuated. 

Ps. 115: 15. Ye are blessed of the Lord, 
who made heaven and earth. 



The Goodness of God and the Wick- 
edness of Man. 
Isa. 59: 1, 2. 



The Observation of Providence. 

Ps. 107: 43. Whoso is wise, and will ob- 
serve these things, even they shall under- 
stand the loving-kindness of the Lord. 

Mercy Despised and Contempt Pun- 
ished. 
Isa. 30: 15-18. 

Calamities to be Cautiously Inter- 
preted. 
Luke 13: 1-9. 

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SUBJECTS AND TEXTS APPROPRIATE TO THANKS- 
GIVING. 

Barrow. Habitual Thankfulness. 

Eph. 5: 20. Giving thanks always, for all 
things, unto God. 



Howe. The Blessing of an Obedient Peo- 
ple. 

Ps. 29: 1. The Lord will bless his people 
with peace. 



Saurin. Manner of Praising God. 

Ps. 33: 1. Praise is comely for the upright. 



Payson. A Festival kept to the Lord. 

Lev. 23: 29. For whatsoever soul it be that 
shall not be afflicted in that same day, he 
shall be cut off from among his people. 



The Advantages of Civil Govern- 
ment, Contrasted with the Bless- 
ings of the Spiritual Kingdom of 
Jesus Christ. 



Simeon. 



Kttect which National Mercies 
should have upon us. 

Ps. 10<i: 10-12. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Lathrop. 



THANKSGIVING. 23 1 

Our Present Peace and Prosperity 

ascribed to God alone. 

Ps. 126: 3. The Lord hath done great 
things for us, whereof we are glad. 



The Seasonableness of God's Mer- 
cies acknowledged. 

Zech. 14: 7. But it shall be one day which 
shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor 
night : but it shall come to pass, that at eve- 
ning time it shall be light. 



Our Mercies Widely Different from 
our Deserts. 

Jer. 51: 5. For Israel hath not been forsa- 
ken, nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of 
hosts : though their land was filled with sin 
against the Holy One of Israel. 



A Call to Men to Praise God. 
Ps. 107: 8, 9. 



Praise for taking away Judgments. 
Zeph. 3: 14, 15. 

God's Mercies Demand our Love, 
Confidence and Obedience. 

Thankfulness to God for his Daily 
Benefits. 

Ps. 68: 19. Blessed be the Lord, who daily 



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loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our 
salvation. 



Lathrop. Noah's Thankfulness. 
Gen. 8: 20-22. 



Lathrop. Universal Praise for Redemption. 

Isa. 44: 23. Sing, O ye heavens ; for the 
Lord hath done it ; shout, ye lower parts 
of the earth : break forth into singing, ye 
mountains, O forest, and every tree there- 
in : for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and 
glorified himself in Israel. 



H, G. Ludlow. Our Happy Form of Government. 

Ps. 16: 5. The Lord is the portion of mine 
inheritance and of my cup: thou maintain- 
est my lot. 



Leighton. A Summary of Spiritual Privileges. 

1 Cor. 1: 30. But of him are ye in Christ 
Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, 
and righteousness, and sanctirlcation, and 
redemption. 



SUBJECTS APPROPRIATE TO NEW YEAR. 

Jay. A Review of the Privileges, Mer- 

cies, Sorrows and Sins of Life. 

Eccl. 3: 15. And God requireth that which 
is past. 



Jay. Our Ignorance of Futurity. 

Phil. 2: 23. So soon as I shall see how it 
will go with me. 



Jay. The Barren Fig-Tree. 

Luke 13: 6-9. 



Saurin. On Numbering Our Days. 

Ps. 90: 12. So teach us to number our 
days, that we may apply our hearts unto 
wisdom. 



H. Humphrey. Time Measured by Eternity. 

James 4: 14. For what is your life 1 It is 
even a vapour, that appeareth for a little 
time and then vanisheth away. 



The Lapse of Time should waken 

us to Duty. 

Rom. 12: 1. I beseech you therefore, breth- 
ren, by the mercies of God, that ye present 
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, accep- 
table unto God, which is your reasonable 
service. 



234 NEW YEAR. 

Simeon. God's Eternity Considered in Refer- 
ence to the Suspension of his 
Promised Purposes. 

2 Pet. 3: 8. But beloved, be not ignorant 
of this one thing, that one day is with the 
Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand 
years as one day. 

The Redemption of Time. 

Col. 4: 5. Kedeeming the time. 



The Changing Nature of Worldly 
Things. 

1 Cor. 7: 31. The fashion of this world 

passeth away. 



Lathrop. The Shortness of Time. 

1 Cor. 7: 29. The time is short. 



Lathrop. Life a Journey. 

Ps. 119: 19. I am a stranger in the earth. 



Lathrop. A Proper Estimate of Human Life. 

Ps. 39: 5. Thou hast made my days as a 
band-breadth. 



Pulpit Sketches. Dreadful Uncertainty of the 
Present Life. 

Eccl. 9: 12. For man also knoweth not 



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his time : as the fishes that are taken in an 
evil net, and as the birds that are caught 
in the snare ; so are the sons of men snared 
in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly 
upon them. 



Pulpit Sketches. Preciousness of Time. 

Eph. 5: 16. Eedeeming the time, because 
the days are evil. 



Pulpit Sketches. Instability of Life. 
James 4: 1 3-15. 



SUBJECTS AND TEXTS APPROPRIATE TO ORDINATION. 

Ps. 132: 16. I will also clothe her priests 
with salvation. 

Pres. Appleton. The Christian Minister should 
give no Offence. 

2 Cor. 6: 3. Giving no offence in any thing, 
that the ministry be not blamed. 



The Minister's Request. 

1 Thess. 5: 25. Brethren pray for us. 

Importance of an Evangelical Min- 
istry. 
1 Cor. 2: 15, 16. 



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McIlvaixe's Collection. Responsibility of the 
Gospel Ministry. 

Heb. 13: 7. Remember them which have 
the rule over you, who have spoken unto 
you the word of God : whose faith follow, 
considering the end of their conversation. 



The Different Methods of Preachers. 
1 Cor 3: 11-15. 



R. S. Storrs. Christian and Ministerial Self- 
Denial and Faithfulness urged 
from the Example of Christ. 

2 Cor. 8: 9. For ye know the grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, 
yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye 
through his poverty might be rich. 



D. Bishop. Purification of the Sacred Ministry. 
Mai. 3: 3, 4. 



L. Woods. Apostolic Preaching. 
Acts 20: 21, 25-27. 



R S Storks. Unsearchable Riches of Christ. 

J. II. Church. Eph. & 8. Unto me, who am less than the 
least of all saints, is this grace given, that 
I should preach among the Gentiles the 
unsearchable riches of Christ. 



ORDINATION. 237 

B, Dickinson. The Importance and Means of 
an Able Ministry. 

2 Tim. 2: 15. A workman that needeth not 
to be ashamed. 



T. McAuley. The Faithful Preacher and 
Wages of Unfaithfulness. 

1 Cor. 9: 16. Wo is unto me if I preach 
not the gospel. 



Variety Essential in Preaching. 

Mat. 13: 52. Then said he unto them, 
Therefore every scribe which is instructed 
unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a 
man that is a householder, which bringeth 
forth out of his treasure things new and old. 



N. Emmons. Preaching should be addressed to 
the Understanding. 

Acts 17: 2. And Paul, as his manner was, 
went in unto them, and three sabbath days 
reasoned with them out of the scriptures. 



N. Emmons. The Nature and Efl'ect of Divine 
Teaching. 

John 6: 45. It is written in the prophet-. 
And they shall be all taught of God. Every 
man therefore that hath heard, and hath 
learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 
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238 



ORDINATION. 



N. Emmons. Christ as a Preacher. 

John 7: 46. Never man spake like this man* 



N. Emmons. Christ's Ministers Thankful for 

their Office. 

1 Tim. 1: 12. And I thank Christ Jesus 
our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he 
counted me faithful, putting me into the 
ministry. 



N. Emmons. The Preaching which Declares the 

Whole Counsel of God. 

Acts 20: 27. For I have not shunned to 
declare unto you all the counsel of God. 



N. Emmons. A Wise Preacher aims to Impress. 

Eccl. 12: 11. The words of the wise are 
as goads. 



Pulpit Sketches. How Ministers must give 

themselves wholly to their Work. 

1 Tim. 4: 15. Meditate upon these things ; 
give thyself wholly to them $ that thy profit- 
ing may appear to all. 



Pulpit Sketches. Ministers exposed to be Cor- 
rupted by their People. 

Ezek. 2: 8. But thou, son of man, hear 
what I say unto thee ; Be not thou rebellious 
like thai rebellious house: open thy mouth, 
and cat that 1 give thee. 



ORDINATION. 239 

Pulpit Sketches. Religious Instructors are 
very useful in Civil Society. 
2 Chron. 24: 15, 16. 



Pres. Davies. The Tender Anxieties of Minis- 
ters for their People. 

Gal. 4: 19, 20. My little children, of whom 
I travail in birth again until Christ be form- 
ed in yon, I desire to be present with you 
now, and to change my voice ; for I stand 
in doubt of you. 



Pres. Davies. The Success of the Ministry 

Chalmers. depends upon Divine Influence. 

1 Cor. 3: 7. So then neither is he that 
planteth any thing, neither he that water- 
eth, but God that giveth the increase. 



Pres. Davies. The Love of Souls a Necessary 
Qualification for the Ministerial 
Office. 

1 Thess. 2: 8. So being affectionately de- 
sirous of you, we were willing to have im- 
parted unto you, not the gospel of God 
only, but also our own souls, because ye 
were dear unto us. 



A. Fuller. Qualifications and Encouragement 

of a Faithful Minister. 

Acts 11; 24. For he was a good man, and 
full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and 
much people was added unto the Lord. 



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ORDINATION. 



The Mysterious Aspect of the Gos- 
pel to the Men of the World. 

Ezek. 20: 49. Then said I, Ah Lord God ! 
they say of me, Doth he not spedk para- 
bles 1 



R. Hall. Christ's Care over Ministers and 

Churches. 

Rev. 2: 1. Unto the angel of the church of 
Ephesus write ; These things saith he that 
holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, 
who walketh in the midst of the seven gold- 
en candlesticks. 



Simeon. The Character and Aim of a Chris- 
tian Minister. 

Col. 4: 12. Epaphras, who is one of you, a 
servant of Christ, saluteth you, always la- 
bouring fervently for you in prayers, that 
ye may stand perfect and complete in all 
the will of God. 



Simeon. Importance of the Leading Doctrines 

of the Gospel. 

Acts 10: 43. To him give all the prophets 
witness, that through his name whosoever 
believeth in him shall receive remission of 
sins. 



D. A Glare. Gospel Truth Distinguished, 

John 18: 38. What is truth % 



OEDINATION. 241 

The Honest and Faithful Minister. 
2 Cor. 4: 1, 2. 



Men Saved through the Instrumen- 
tality of the Gospel Ministry. 

1 Cor. 1: 12. Now this I say, that every 
one of you saith, I am of Paul 5 and I of 
Apollos 1 and 1 of Cephas \ and I of Christ. 



The Apostolic Ministry. 

Acts 10: 36. The word which God sent 
unto the children of Israel, preaching 
peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all). 



Ministerial Fidelity. 

Jer. 25: 3. I have spoken unto you, rising 
early and speaking ; but ye have not hear- 
kened. 



Witherspoon. Ministerial Character and Duty. 

2 Cor. 4: 12. So then death worketli in us, 
but life in you. 



I. Lewis. The Peculiar Importance of Exem- 
plary Piety in Ministers of the 
Gospel. 

1 Tim. 4: 12. Let no man despise thy 
youth; but be thou an example of the be- 
lievers, in word, in conversation, in charity, 
in spirit, in faith, in purity. 
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242 



ORDINATION. 



Efficacy of the Gospel above all 
Worldly Wisdom. 



Pres. Dwight. Ministers and their Converts a 
Mutual Rejoicing in the Day of 
Christ. 

1 Thess. 2: 19. For what is our hope, or 
joy, or crown of rejoicing"? Are not even 
ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ 
at his coming ] 



Pres. Dwight. Duty of Preaching the Pure 
Gospel. 

Gal. 1: 8, 9. 



Calhoun. The Means and Pre-eminent Advan- 
tage of GocPs Dwelling with a 
People. 

Ex. 25: 8. And let them make me a sanctu- 
v ary, that I may dwell among them. 



Beecher. The Faith Once Delivered to the 
Saints. 

Jude 3. Behold, when I gave all diligence 
to write unto you of the common salvation, 
it was needful for mc to write unto you, 
and exhort you that ye should earnestly 
contend for the faith once delivered unto the 
saints. 



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243 



Pres. Day. Declaring the Whole Counsel of 
God. 

Acts 20: 27. For I have not shunned to 
declare unto you all the counsel of God. 



J. Hawes. To Commend the Truth to the Con- 
science the Object of a Faithful 
Minister. 

2 Cor. 4: 2. But have renounced the hid- 
den things . of dishonesty, not walking in 
craftiness, nor handling the word of God 
deceitfully ; but by manifestation of the 
truth commending ourselves to every man's 
conscience in the sight of God. 



J. Mitchell. Marks of a False Prophet. 

Jer. 23: 17, They say still unto them that 
despise me, the Lord hath said, Ye shall 
have peace ; and they say unto every one 
that walketh after the imagination of his 
own heart, No evil shall come upon you. 



L. Woods. Importance of a Minister's Reputa- 
tion. 

Eccl. 7: 1. A good name is better than 
precious ointment ; and the day of death 
than the day of one's birth. 



Schauffler. Fastidious Hearers. 

Num. 21: 5. Our soul loatheth this light 
bread. 



244 ORDINATION. 

Pres. Day. The Christian Preacher's Commis- 
sion. 

Ezek. 33: 7. So thou, son of man, I 
have set thee a watchman unto the house of 
Israel ; therefore thou shalt hear the word 
at my mouth, and warn them from me. 



Contending for the Faith. 
Jude 3. 



J. Woodbridge. The Devoted Pastor. 

1 Tim. 4: 15. Meditate upon these things; 
give thyself wholly to them. 



Pres. Humphrey. The Christian Pastor. 

Eph. 4: 11. And he gave some — pastors 
and teachers. 



Pres. Edwards. The Watchman's Duty and 
Account. 

Heb. 13: 17. Obey them that have the rule 
over you, and submit yourselves ; for they 
watch for your souls, as they that must 
give account, that they may do it with joy, 
and not with grief : for that is unprofitable 
for you. 



Ministers are to Obey God rather 
than Men. 

Acts I: 19. Whether it be right in the 
Bighl of God to hearken unto you more 
than unto God, judge ye. 



DEDICATION AND CONSECRATION. 245 



L. Woods. The Great Encouragement to Min- 
isterial Effort. 

1 Cor. 3: 7. So then neither is he that 
planteth any thing, neither he that water- 
eth, but God that giveth the increase. 



DEDICATION AND CONSECRATION. 

R. Hall. On Candour and Liberality as 
evinced in Promoting the Erec- 
tion of Places of Worship. 

Luke 7: 5. For he loveth our nation, and 
he hath built us a synagogue. 



R. Hall. The Heavenly Temple. 

Rev. 21: 22. And I saw no temple therein : 
for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb 
are the temple of it. 



Lathrop. Christ's Presence the Glory of his 
Temple. 

Hag. 2: 9. The glory of this latter house 
shall be greater than of the former, saith the 
Lobd of hosts. 



Lathrop. The Presence of God in Holy Places. 

1 Kings 8: 27. But will God indeed dwell 
on the earth 1 behold, the heaven and heaven 
of heavens cannot contain thee : how much 
less this house that I have builded ] 



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DEDICATION. 



Livingston. Sanctuary Blessings. 

Ex. 20: 24. In all places where I record 
my name I will come unto thee, and I will 
bless thee. 



Massilon. Respect in the Temples of God. 

Mat. 21: 12. And Jesus went into the tem- 
ple of God, and cast out all them that sold 
and bought in the temple, and overthrew 
the tables of the moneychangers, and the 
seats of them that sold doves. 



L. F. Dimmick. The Influence of Truth. 

John 17: 17. Sanctify them through thy 
truth 3 thy word is truth. 



L. Griggs. The Triumphs of the Gospel. 

Haggai 2: 9. The glory of this latter house 
shall be greater than of the former, saith the 
Lord of hosts ; and in this place will I give 
peace, saith the Lord of hosts. 



Nature and Means of Ecclesiastical 
Prosperity. 



Importance of the Sanctuary. 

Ps. 46: 4. There is a river, the streams 
whereof shall make glad the city of God, 
the holy place of the tabernacles of the 
Most High. 



Bee< her. The Design, Rights and Duties of 
local Churches. 
1 Tim. 3: 11, 15. These things write I 



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247 



unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly : 
but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know 
how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the 
house of God, which is the church of the 
living God, the pillar and ground of the 
truth. 



Read. The Sacredness of the Sanctuary. 

Gen. 28: 17. How dreadful is this place! 
this is none other but the house of God, 
and this is the gate of heaven. 



T. S. Glarke. The Pulpit worth more than it 
Costs. 

Mat. 26: 8. To what purpose is this waste 1 



Pres. Humphrey. The Lord our Help. 

1 Sam. 7: 12. Hitherto the Lord hath 
helped us. 



Leighton. The Divine Glory of Zion. 
Isa. 28: 5, 6. 



SUBJECTS APPROPRIATE TO FUNERAL. 

Jay. The Saviour Comforting his Disci- 

ples. 
John 14: 2, 3. 



248 
Jay. 



FUNERAL. 



The Bereaved Christian Parent. 



2 Sam. 12: 22, 23. And he said, While the 
child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for 
I said, Who can tell whether God will be 
gracious to me, that the child may live % 
But now he is dead, wherefore should I 
fasti can 1 bring him back again % I shall 
go to him, but he shall not return to me. 



Jay. Divine Correction. 

Heb. 12: 9, 10. 



Jay. God the Sanctuary of the Afflicted. 

Ezek. 11: 16. Therefore say, Thus saith 
the Lord God ; Although I have cast them 
far off among the heathen, and although I 
have scattered them among the countries, 
yet will 1 be to them as a little sanctuary 
in the countries where they shall come. 



Jay. The Hand of God in Afflictions. 

Job 9: 12. Behold, he taketh away, who 
can hinder him % who will say unto him, 
what doest thou % 



McIlvaine's Collection. Consolation in the 
Loss of Pious Friends. 
1 Thess. 4: 13, 14. 



Saurin. The Voice of the Rod. 

M icah ii: i). The Lord's voice crieth unto 



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249 



the city, and the man of wisdom shall see 
thy name : hear ye the rod, and who hath 
appointed it. 



J. Matthews. The Benefit of Afflictions. 

Heb. 12: 10. For they verily for a few days 
chastened us after their own pleasure ; but 
he for our profit, that we might be parta- 
kers of his holiness. 



B. Dickinson. The Day of Pentecost. 

Acts 2: 1. And when the day of Pentecost 
was fully come, they were all with one ac- 
cord in one place. 



A. Fgller. The Blessedness of the Dead who 
Die in the Lord. 

Eev. 14: 13. And I heard a voice from 
heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are 
the dead which die in the Lord from hence- 
forth : yea, saith the Spirit, that they may 
rest from their labours ; and their works do 
follow them. 



A. Fuller. Chastisement resulting in Repent- 
ance. 

Jer. 31: 18. Thou hast chastised me, and 
I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed 
to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be 
turned : for thou art the Lord my God. 

A. Fuller. The End for which God suffers his 
People to be Afflicted. 
1 Pet. 1: 6, 7. 

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250 FUNERAL. 

A. Fuller. The Dying Christian's Reflections. 

2 Tim. 4: 7, 8. 



The Christian's Experience in Af- 
fliction. 
2 Cor. 17, 18. 



Reflections on Death. 

Gen. 3: 19. In the sweat of thy face shalt 
thou eat bread, till thou return unto the 
ground ; for out of it wast thou taken : for 
dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou 
return. 



A. Lee. Departed Saints, Fellow-Servants 
with those on Earth. 
Rev. 29: 9. 



Lathrop. The Good Man Useful in Life and 
Happy in Death. 

Ps. 37: 37. Mark the perfect man, and be- 
hold the upright : for the end of that man 
is peace. 



Lathrop, Parting with Friends a painful Trial. 

Ps. 88: 18. Lover and friend hast thou put 
far from me, and mine acquaintance into 
darkness. 



Lathrop. The Death of the Young Lamented 

and Improved. 

Job 11: 19. And thou destroyest the hope 
of man. 



FUNERAL. 



251 



Lathrop. Ezekiel's Affliction in the Death of 
his Wife, and his Behaviour under 
it. 

Ezek. 24: 18. So I spake unto the people 
in the morning : and at even my wife died ; 
and I did in the morning as I was com- 
manded. 



Lathrop. Words of Comfort to the Afflicted. 

1 Thess. 4: IS. Wherefore comfort one 
another with these words. 



Lathrop. God's Kindness in the Severest Af- 
flictions. 
Deut. 32: 11, 12. 



Rennell. Sting of Death, Strength of Sin, and 
Victory over Both. 
1 Cor. 15: 56, 57. 



Horne. Purification of the Mind by Trouble. 

Job 23: 10. But he knoweth the way that 
I take: when he hath tried me, I shall 
come forth as gold. 



Horne. Happy Issue of Sanctified Afflictions. 

Ps. 119: 67. Before I was afflicted I went 
astray : but now have I kept thy word. 



FUNERAL. 

The Death of the Saints. 

Ps. 116: 15. Precious in the sight of the 
Lord is the death of his saints. 



The Righteous in Remembrance. 

Ps. 112: 6. The righteous shall be had in 
everlasting remembrance. 



Pres. Edwards. The Sorrows of the Bereaved 

Spread before Jesus. 

Mat. 14: 12. And his disciples came, and 
took up the body, and buried it, and went 
and told Jesus. 



Pres. Edwards. A Strong Rod Broken and 

Withered. 

Ezek. 19: 12. But she was plucked up in 
fury, she was cast down to the ground, and 
the east wind dried up her fruit : her strong- 
rods were broken and withered : the fire 
consumed them. 



Massilon. On Death. 

Luke 7: 12. Now, when he came nigh to 
the gate of the city, behold, there was a 
dead man carried out, the only son of his 
mother, and she was a widow : and much 
people of the city was with her. 



252 

Buist. 
Buist. 



Massilon. 



The Death of a Sinner and of a 
Saint compared. 

R+T. 11: 13. 



FUNERAL. 253 



White. The Memory of the Just. 

Prov. 10: 7. The memory of the just is 
blessed. 



Gillett. Death the Christian's Gain. 

Phil. 1: 21. For me to live is Christ, and 
to die is gain. 



Trumbull. The Character, Glorious Prospect, 
and Triumph of a Faithful Min- 
ister at the Close of Life. 
2 Tim. 4: 6-8. 



Pres. Humphrey. The Good Arimathean. 

Luke 23: 50. And behold, there was a man 
named Joseph, a counsellor : and he was a 
good man, and a just. 



Leighton. The Docile Sufferer. 

Job 34: 31, 32. Surely it is meet to be said 
unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will 
not offend any more : that which I see not 
teach thou me : if I have done iniquity, I 
will do no more. 



Leighton. Hope amidst Billows. 

Ps. 42: 8. Yet the Lord will command his 
loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the 
night his song shall be with me, and my 
prayer unto the God of my life. 
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SUBJECTS RELATING TO TEMPERANCE. 

Beecher. The Nature and Occasions of Intem- 
perance. 
Prov. 23: 29-35. 



Beecher. The Signs of Intemperance. 

(Same Text.) 



The Evils of Intemperance. 
Hab. 2: 9-11, 15, 16. 



Beecher. The Remedy for Intemperance. 

(Same Text.) 



B. Dickinson. Alarm to Distillers and their 
Allies. 

Eccl. 7: 29. Lo, this only have I found, 
that God hath made man upright ; but they 
have sought out many inventions. 



A. Dickinson. Call to Christians on Temper- 
ance. 

James I: 17. Therefore to him that know- 
eth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it 
is sin. 



TEMPERANCE. 255 

E. Hitchcock. Nature of Intemperance in Eat- 
ing. 

Jude 12. Feeding themselves without fear. 



E. Hitchcock. Consequences of Intemperance 
in Eating. 

Prov. 23: 2. And put a knife to thy throat, 
if thou be a man given to appetite. 



Andrew. The Question, Whether it is Right 
to use Intoxicating Drinks at the 
Present Day, Tried and Settled. 

2 Cor. 5: 10. For we must all appear be- 
fore the judgment seat of Christ ; that 
every one may receive the things done in 
his body, according to that he hath done, 
whether it be good or bad. 



Downer. 



Intemperance the Great Destroyer. 
Ex. 20; 13. Thou shalt not kill. 



SUBJECTS APPROPRIATE TO THE CAUSE OF 
BENEVOLENCE. 

Jay. Ps. 72: 19. And let the whole earth be 

filled with his glory 5 Amen, and Amen. 



McIlvaine's Collection. More Labourers want- 
ed for the Harvest. 

Mat. 9: 37. The harvest truly is plenteous, 
but the labourers are few. 



McIlvaine's Collection. The Missionary Cha- 
racter and Duty of the Church. 
Mat. 5: 14. Ye are the light of the world. 



McXlvaine's Collection. The Missionary Ar- 



gument. 



Mark 16: 15. Go ye into all the world, and 
preach the gospel to every creature. 



McIlvaine's Collection. The Missionary Spi- 
rit. 

Eom. 12: 5. So we being many, are one 
body, in Christ, and every one members 
one of another. 



McIlvaine's Collection. The Duty of Chris- 
tians to Give Freely. 

Mat, 10: 8. Freely have ye received, freely 
give. 



BENEVOLENCE. 



257 



Griffin. Duty of Sending the Gospel to the 
Heathen. 
Mat. 28: 18-20. 



L. Beecher. Resources of the Adversary, and 

the Means of their Destruction. 

Isa 49:24, 25, and 53: 12. Luke 11: 21, 22. 
Rev. 11: 15, and 19: 5, 6. 



A. Dickinson. Scriptural Measure of Benevo- 
lent Effort. 

Heb. 13: 16. But to do good and to com- 
municate forget not : for with such sacri- 
fices God is well pleased. 



A. Alexander. Objections Obviated, and God 

Glorified by the Success of the 

Gospel among the Heathen. 

Acts 11: 18. When they heard these 
things, they held their peace, and glorified 
God, saying, Then hath God also to the 
Gentiles granted repentance unto life. 



W. C. Walton. Necessary Preparation for the 

Millennium. 

Isa. 62: 6, 7. I have set watchmen upon 
thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never 
hold their peace day nor night : ye that make 
mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and 
give him no rest, till he establish, and till 
he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. 



25S BENEVOLENCE. 

Woods. Hindrances to the Spread of the 
Gospel. 
Isa. 61: 1, 2. 



Signs of the Times. 

Mat. 16: 3. Can ye not discern the signs 
of the times % 



W. Allen. Freedom Conferred by the Gospel. 

John 8: 36. If the Son shall make you free, 
ye shall be free indeed. 



McDowell. The Gospel Harvest, and the 
Christian's Duty. 
Mat. 9: 37, 38. 



S. Miller. The Earth filled with the Glory of 

the Lord. 

Num. 14: 20, 21. And the Lord said, I 
have pardoned according to thy word : but 
as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled 
with the glory of the Lord. 



D. Abeel, Happy Influence of Foreign Mis- 
sions on the Church. 

Isa. 54: 2. Enlarge the place of thy tent, 
and lei them stretch forth the curtains of 
thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy 
cords, and strengthen thy stakes. 



BENEVOLENCE. 259 

E. Payson. Messiah's Victory Predicted and 
Desired. 
Ps. 45: 3-5. 



C. Lee. The Condemnation of the Heathen. 

Rom. 1: 32. Who knowing the judgment 
of God, that they which commit such things 
are worthy of death, not only do the same, 
but have pleasure in them that do them. 



C. Lee. The Light of Nature Ineffectual. 

Eom. 1: 21. Because that, when they knew 
God, they glorified him not as God, neither 
were thankful ; but became vain in their 
imaginations, and their foolish heart was 
darkened. 



R. Hall. The Success of Missions depends 
upon the Agency of the Spirit. 
Isa. 32: 13-15. 



R. Hall. The Enlargement of Christian Be- 
nevolence. 

2 Cor. 6: 13. Now for a recompense in the 
same (I speak as unto my children,) be ye 
also enlarged. 



R. Hall. Evils of Idolatry, and means of its 
Abolition. 

Isa. 2: 18. And the idols he shall utterly 
abolish. 



260 

Simeon. 



Simeon. 



Simeon. 



BENEVOLENCE. 

Restoration of the Jews. 

Hos. 3: 5. Afterward shall the children of 
Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, 
and David their king ; and shall fear the 
Lord and his goodness in the latter days. 



The Conversion of the Gentiles. 
Zech. 8: 20, 23. 



Charity Enforced. 
Deut. 15: 7-11. 



Simeon. The Extent and Certainty of Israel's 
Salvation. 

Isa. 45: 17. But Israel shall be saved in 
the Lord with an everlasting salvation : ye 
shall not be ashamed nor confounded world 
without end. 



Simeon. The Apostles' Commission. 
Mat. 28: 18-20. 



Latiirop. The Impiety of offering to God that 

which costs us nothing. 

2 Sam. 24: 2k And the king said unto 
Araunah, Nay, but I will surely buy it of 
thee at a price : neither will I offer burnt 
offerings unto the Lord my God of that 
which doth cost me nothing. 



Lathrop. Nothing to he Refused when the 
Lord hath Need. 
Mark 1 1: 3. And if any man say unto you, 



BENEVOLENCE. 



261 



Why do ye this 1 say ye that the Lord hath 
need of him ; and straightway he will send 
him hither, 

R T, Fitch, Liberal Christians Helpers to the 
Truth, 

3 John 8. We therefore ought to receive 
such, that we might be fellow-helpers to 
the tiuth. 



Mason. Hope for the Heathen, 
Xsa. 25: 6, 7. 



The Claims of Seamen, 
Mat. 4: 18-21, 



Schmucker, A Plea for the Sabbath School 
System. 

Prov. 14: 34. Righteousness exalteth a 
nation. 



Spring. The Will of God Performed on 
Earth. 

Mat. 6: 10. Thy will be done on earth as 
it is in heaven. 



Robbins. The Dominions of this World made 
Subservient to the Kingdom of 
Christ. 

Dan. 2: 44. And in the days of these kings 
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262 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, 
which shall never be destroyed: and the 
kingdom shall not be left to other people, 
but it shall break in pieces and consume all 
these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever* 



Winslow. The Prospects of Christianity. 
Dan. 7: 13: 14. 



On Doing Good to the Poor. 

Mark 14: 7. For ye have the poor with you 
always, and whensoever ye will ye may do 
them good : but me ye have not always. 



MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS. 

Pres. Appleton. The Young Warned and Re 
proved. 
Eccl. 11: 9. 



Pres. Appleton. War and Peace. 

Ps. 72: 7. In his days shall the righteous 
flourish ; and abundance of peace so long as 
the moon endureth. 



Pres. Appleton. True Sources of National 

Prosperity. 

Isa. 33: (>. And wisdom and knowledge 
shall be the stability of thy times, and 
strength of salvation: the fear of the 
LOAD is his treasure. 



MISCELLANEOUS, 



263 



Pres. Appleton. Means of Perpetuating the 
Blessings of Christianity. 
Isa. 59: 21. 



Pres. Appleton. Times and Seasons Reserved 

in the Father's own Power. 

Acts 1: 7. And he said unto them, It is 
not for you to know the times or the sea- 
sons, which the Father hath put in his own 
power. 



Howe. Jerusalem Rebuilt in Troublous 

Times. , 

Dan. 9: 25. The street shall be built, and 
the wall, in troublous times. 



Jay. Returning from a Journey. 

Job 5: 24. And thou shalt know that thy 
tabernacle shall be in peace ; and thou shalt 
visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. 



Jay. Spring. 

Ps. 104: 30. Thou renewest the face of 
the year. 
Cant. 2: 11, 12. 



Jay. Summer and Harvest. 

Prov: 10: 5. 



Jay. Autumn. 

Isa. 64; 6. We all do fade as a leaf. 



MISCELLANEOUS, 

Winter. 

Ps. 74: 17. Thou hast made winter. 



The Tree of Life. 
Rev. 2. 



The Youth's Guide. 

Jer. 3: 4. Wilt thou not from this time 
cry unto me, Thou art the guide of my 
youth ! 



Sickness Improved. 

Mat. 9: 1-7. The Paralytic healed. 



Blessings Unimproved resumed by 

their Owner. 
Hos. -2: 8, 9. 

The Death of Death. 

2 Tim. 1: 10. Our Saviour Jesus Christ, 
who hath abolished death. 



The Two Intercessors. 

Heb. 7: 25. He ever liveth to make inter- 
cession for them. 

Rev. S: '27. The Spirit itself maketh inter- 
cession for us. 

The Young Admonished. 

1 Kings IS: 12. I fear the Lord from my 
youth. 



Saurin. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 265 

Christianity not Seditious. 

Luke 23: 5. He stirreth up the people. 



Saurin. The Superior Evidence and Influ- 
ence of Christianity. 

1 John 4: 4. 



Saurin. The Absurdity of Libertinism and 
Infidelity. 
Ps. 94: 7, 8. 



Saurin. The Harmony of Religion and Civil 
Polity. 

Prov. 14: 34. Kighteousness exalteth a 
nation. 



Saurin. The Fatal Consequences of a Bad 

Education. 

1 Sam. 3: 13. For I have told him that I 
will judge his house forever for the iniquity 
which he knoweth $ because his sons made 
themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 



W. Patten. The Conversion of Cities. 

Luke 24: 47. And that repentance and 
remission of sins should be preached in his 
name among all nations, beginning at Jeru- 
salem. 

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266 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



W. Fisk. The Final Dissolution of the World, 

1 Pet. 4: 7. But the end of all things is at 
hand : be ye therefore sober, and watch 
unto prayer. 



S. W. Cannon. The Guilt, Folly, and Preven- 

N. S. Beman. tives of being in Debt. 

Rom. 13: 8. Owe no man any thing, but to 
love one another. 



T. De Witt. The Wisdom and Beauty of 

J. Abbot. Youthful Piety. 

Prov. 8: 16, 17. I love them that love me ; 
and those that seek me early shall find me. 
1 Sam. 3: 19, And Samuel grew, and the 
Lord was with him, and did let none of his 
words fall to the ground. 



A. Edson. The Early Conversion of Children. 

Mark 10: 14. Suffer the little children to 
come unto me, and forbid them not : for of 
such is the kingdom of God. 



S. II. Tyng. Old Age without Religion. 

Jer. 6: 4. Wo unto us ! for the day goeth 
away, for the shadows of the evening are 
stretched out. 



S. Chapin. Peculiar Responsibilities of Young 
Men. 

1 John 2: 14. I have written unto you, 
young men. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 267 

A, Barnes. The Supremacy of the Laws. 
Eom. 13: 1-7. 



M. W. Dwight. The Guilt and Danger of Read- 
ing Infidel, Fictitious and Impure 
Works. 
Acts 19: 19, 20. 



The Apostolic Benediction. 

2 Cor. 13: 11. Finally, brethren, farewell. 
Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one 
mind, live in peace ; and the God of love 
and peace shall be with yon. 



Smalley. Evils of- a Weak Government. 
Isa. 3: 4, 5. 



Harmony of Faith and Works. 

Eom. 3: 28-31. Therefore we conclude 
that a man is justified by faith without the 
deeds of the law. Do we then make void 
the law through faith % God forbid: yea, 
we establish the law. 



R. Hall. Personality and Real Existence of 
Satan. 

Mat. 4: 1. Then was Jesus led up of the 
spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of 
the devil. 



R.Hall. Existence and Office of Angels. 

Heb. 1: 14. Are they not all ministering 



268 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



spirits, sent forth to minister for them who 
shall be heirs of salvation 1 



R. Hall. The Last Enemy that shall be De- 
stroyed. 

1 Cor. 15: 26. The last enemy that shall 
be destroyed is death. 



Simeon. The Final Judgment represented by 

the Harvest. 

Joel 3: 13. Put ye in the sickle, for the har- 
vest is ripe. 



Simeon. Satan's Malice Defeated. 
1 Pet. 5: 8, 9. 



Simeon. How the Salvation of all Men is 

agreeable to the Will of God, 

while a Part only are Saved. 

1 Tim. 2: 4. Who will have all men to be 
saved, and to come unto the knowledge of 
the truth. 



Smalley. Infants Capable of being Saved by 
the Renewing of the Holy Ghost. 

Mark 10: M, 15. But when Jesus sawzV, 
he wus much displeased, and said unto 
them, Verily I say unto you, Whosoever 
shall not receive the kingdom of God as a 
little child, he shall not enter therein. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



269 



Dana. Religious Education. 

Dent. 6: 7. And thou shalt teach them 
diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk 
of them when thou sittest in thine house, 
and when thou walkest by the way, and when 
thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 



McWhorter. How Youth may become Holy 
and Happy. 

Ps. 1 19: 9. Wherewithal shall a young man 
cleanse his way I by taking heed thereto 
according to thy word. 



Lathrop. . Religion Essentially Included in the 
Love of our Country. 

Luke 7: 4, 5. And when they came to Je- 
sus, they besought him instantly, saying, 
That he was worthy for whom he should 
do this: for he loveth our nation, and he 
hath built us a synagogue, 



Lathrop. The Infamous Character of the 
Churl. 
1 Sam. 25: 2, 3. 



Lathrop. Micah's Confidence and Disappoint- 
ment in his Priest. 

Judges 17: 13. Then said Micah, Now 
know I that the Lord will do me good, see- 
ing I have a Levite to my priest. 



270 MISCELLANEOUS. 

Lathrop. Different Effects of a Similar Edu- 
cation illustrated in Herod and 
Manaen. 

Acts 13: 1. 



Lathrop. Renovation of all things. 

Rev. 21:5. And he that sat upon the throne 
said, Behold, I make all things new. 



Lathrop. Reflections on the Story of the Eu- 
nuch. 

Acts S: 39. And when they were come 
up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord 
caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw 
him no more : and he went on his way re- 
joicing. 



Lathrop. Joseph Disclosing himself to his 

Brethren. 

Gen. 4-5: 3. And Joseph said unto his 
brethren, I am Joseph ; doth my father yet 
live! And his brethren could not answer 
him j for they were troubled at his pres- 
ence, 



Lathrop. Children Exhorted to Fear God. 

Ps. 34-: 11. Come, ye children, hearken 
unto me : I will teach you the fear of the 

Lord. 



Lathrop. Duty of Speaking to the Young. 

Zech. 2: \. Run and speak to that young 
man. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Lathrop. Early Piety the Comfort of Old Age. 

Ps. 71: 5. For thou art my hope, Lord 
God : thou art my trust from my youth. 



Lathrop. Infirmities and Comforts of Old Age. 

Ps. 71: 9. Cast me not off in the time of 
old age; forsake me not when my strength 
faileth. 



Lathrop. Pilate's Inscription on the Cross. 
John 19: 19-22. 



Lathrop. Nature and Design of a Christian 
Church. 
1 Cor. 1: 2. 



Lathrop. Dangers of the Times from Infidelity 
and Immorality. 

Rev. 12: 12. Wo to the inhabiters of the 
earth and of the sea! for the devil is come 
down unto you, having great wrath, because 
he knoweth that he hath but a short time. 



Lathrop. God's Mercies Recollected in his 

Temple. (On leaving an old 

place of worship.) 

Ps. 48: 9. We have thought of thy loving- 
kindness, God, in the midst of thy tem- 
ple. 



272 



MISCELLANEOUS* 



Lathrop. The Atrocity of Suicide. 

Acts 16: 26. Do thyself no harm. 



Lathrop. Illustrations and Reflections on 
Saul's Consulting the Witch of 
Endor. 
1 Sam. 28: 6, 7. 



Lathrop. 



Lathrop. 



An Aged Minister Commending his 

People to God. 
Acts 20: 32. 



Female Influence in Religion. 

Acts 16: 13. And on the sabbath we went 
out of the city by a river side, where prayer 
w r as wont to be made ; and we sat down, 
and spake unto the women which resorted 

thither. 



Lathrop. 



Waiting on God for Rain. 
Jer. 14: 22. 



Lathrop. Old Age Improved. 



2 Sam. 19: 35. I am this day fourscore 
years old : and can I discern between good 
and evil! can thy servant taste what I eat 
or what I drink 1 



Lathrop. 



A Christian Family Helping their 
Minister. 

Rom. 16: 3-5. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



273 



Lathrop. 



Necessity of Early Religion. 



Eccl. 12: 1. Remember now thy Creator 
in the days of thy youth, while the evil 
days come not, nor the years draw nigh, 
when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure°in 
them. 



Lathrop. The Youth Assisted in forming his 
Religious Sentiments. 
Prov. 2: 10-12. 



Lathrop. Reflections on Abraham's Artifice 
with Abimelech. 
Gen. 20: 10, 11. 



Lathrop. Reflections on Harvest. 



Jer. 5: 24. Neither say they in their 
heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, 
that giveth rain, both the former and tire 
latter, in his season : he reserveth unto us 
the appointed weeks of the harvest. 



Lathrop. 




Lathrop. 



Dangers of Youth. 

Prov. 7: 7. And beheld among the simple 
ones, I discerned among the youths, a young 
man void of understanding. 



24 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Christian Education of Children. 

Ex. 2: 9. Take this child away, and nurse 
it for me, and I will give thee thy w T ages. 



Considerations on the Sea. 

Ps. 95: 5. The sea is his, and he made it. 



Submission to Government. 
1 Peter 2: 13, 14. 



Providence Manifested in the Rise 

and Fall of Empires. 

1 Sam. 2: 30. Them that honour me I will 
honour, and they that despise me shall be 
lightly esteemed. 



Antiquity, Use, and Excellence of 

Church Music. 

Ps. 57: 8. Awake up, my glory, awake, 
psaltery and harp : I myself will awake 
early. 



On Shutting up the Kingdom of 

Heaven. 
Mat. 23: 13. 



The Consequences of Gaming. 
Ileb. 12: L The sin which so easily besets 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



275 



Rennell. Moses' Prayer, 

Ex. 33: 15. And he said unto him, If thy 
presence go not with me, carry us not up 
hence. 



Pulpit Sketches. Mary at the Sepulchre. 

John 20: 11. But Mary stood without at 
the sepulchre weeping : and as she wept, 
she stooped down, and looked into the sep- 
ulchre. 



American Preacher. The Virtuous Woman. 

Prov. 31: 29. Many daughters have done 
virtuously, hut thou excellest them all. 



American Preacher. The Test of Revivals. 
Acts 5: 38, 39. 



American Preacher. On Duelling. 

Mat. 26: 52. Put up thy sword. 



L. Beecher. Remedy for Duelling. 

Burder. A New Heart the Child's Best Por- 
tion. 
Ezek. 36: 26. 

Burder. Onesimus : or the Profitable Ser- 
vant. 

Philemon 10, 11. 



276 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



BURDER. 



Baptism not Regeneration. 

John 1: 13. Which were born, not cf 
blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of 
the will of man, but of God. 



Burder. Samson's Riddle. 
Judges 14: 14. 



Pres. Dwight. On Revivals of Religion. 

Isa. 60: 8. Who are these that fly as a 
cloud, and as the doves to their windows % 



Pres. Dwight. On the Duties Connected with 
a Professional Life. 
Prov. 4: 20-27. 



Pres. Dwight. Nature and Danger of Infidel 
Philosophy. 
Col. 2: 8. 



Pres. Dwight. The Young Exhorted to So- 
briety of Mind. 

Titus 2: (5. Young men likewise exhort to 
be sober-minded. 



Pres. Dwight. The Youth of Nain. 
Luke 7: 11-15. 



Pres. Dwight. Considerations in Adversity. 

Eccl. 7: Ik In the day of adversity 

consider. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 277 

Pres. Dwight. Long Life not Desirable. 

Job 7: 16. I would not live al way. 

Pres. Dwight. The Final Interview. 

Eccl. 12: 7. Then shall the dust return to 
the earth as it was: and the spirit shall re- 
turn unto God who gave it. 



Pres. Dwight. The Danger of Frequenting 
Evil Company. 

Prov. 13: 20. He that walketh with wise 
men shall be wise : but a companion of 
fools shall be destroyed* 



Pres. Dw t ight. Considerations on the Final 
Trial. 

_ Eccl. 12: 14. For God shall bring every 
work into judgment, with every secret 
thing, whether it be good, or whether it be 
evil. 



Pres. Dwight. The Disappointments at the 
Judgment. 
Luke 13: 28-30. 



Pres. Dwight. Character of Noah. 

2 Peter 2: 5. And spared not the old 
world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a 
preacher of righteousness, bringing in the 
flood upon the world of the ungodly. 

Pres. Dwight. Paul before Felix. 
Acts 24 : 25. 

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278 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Seven Abominations. 
Prov. 6: 16-19. 



Chalmers. On the Mercantile Virtues which 
may exist without the Influence 
of Christianity. 
Phil. 4: 8. - 



Chalmers. Influence of Christianity in Aiding 

the Mercantile Virtues. 

Rom. 14: 8. Owe no man anything, but to 
love one another : for he that loveth ano- 
ther hath fulfilled the law. 



Chalmers. The Power of Selfishness in Pro- 
moting the Honesties of Mercan- 
tile Intercourse. 

Luke 6: 33. And if ye do good to them 
which do good to you, what thank have 
ye 1 for sinners also do even the same. 



Chalmers. The Guilt of Dishonesty not to be 

estimated by the Gain of it. 

Luke 16: 10. He that is faithful in that 
which is least, is faithful also in much ; and 
he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also 
in much. 



Chalmers. The Great Christian Law of Reci- 
procity between Man and Man. 
Mat 7: 12. 



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279 



Chalmers. The Dissipation of Large Cities. 
Eph. 5: 6. 



Chalmers. The Vitiating Influence of the High- 
er on the Lower Orders of So- 
ciety. 
Luke 17: 1, 2. 



Chalmers. On the Love of Money. 
Job 31: 24-28. 



Pres. Edwards. Dishonesty. 

Ex. 20: 15. Thou shalt not steal. 



Pres. Edwards. The Nature and End of Ex- 
communication. 
1 Cor. 5: 11. 



Massilon. On the Resurrection of Lazarus. 
John 11: 34. Come and see. 



Massilon. On the Day of Judgment. 

Luke 21: 27. Then shall they see the Son 
of man coming in a cloud, with power and 
great glory. 



Schauffler. The Pious Man Happy in his Suf- 
ferings. 
Luke 23: 28. Weep not for me. 



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MISCELLANEOUS. 



L. Witiiington. Puritan Morals Defended. 

Acts 28: 22. But we desire to hear of 
thee, what thou thinkest : for as concern- 
ing this sect, we know that everywhere it 
is spoken against. 



Mason. Divine Judgments. 

Habakkuk 3: 2. O Lord — in wrath remem- 
ber mercy. 



Mason. Mercy Remembered in Wrath. 

Ps. 103: 10. He hath not dealt with us 
after our sins ; nor rewarded us according 
to our iniquities. 



Mason. True Honour. 

John 5: 44. How can ye believe, which 
receive honour one of another, and seek 
not the honour that cometh from God only 1 



A. Green. False Honour. 

Mat. 14: 9. And the king was sorry : nev- 
ertheless for the oath's sake, and them 
which sat with him at meat, he commanded 
it to be given her. 



L. Beeciier. A Reformation of Morals Prac- 
ticable and Indispensable. 

Ezck. 33: 10. 



L. Beeciier. The Building of Waste Places. 

I*a. 61:4* And they shall build the old 



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wastes, they shall raise up the former des- 
olations, and they shall repair the waste 
cities, the desolations of many generations. 



L. Beecher. The Memory of our Fathers. 

Rev, 21: 5. And he that sat upon the 
throne said, Behold, I make all things new. 



J. A. Root. Traditions of Men. 



Mat. 15: 6. Thus have ye made the com- 
mandment of God of none effect by your 
tradition. 



W. B. Sprague. Religious Ultraism. 

Phil. 4: 5. Let your moderation he known 
unto all men. 



E. F. Hatfield. The Qualifications of Sabbath 
School Teachers. 
Heb. 5: 12. 



B.Trumbull. The Dignity of Man, especially 
as Displayed in Civil Government. 
1 Kings 2: 2, 3. 



E. Hall. Submission to Civil Authority. 
1 Peter 2: 13-17. 



Hawes. 



Fruitfulness in Old Age. 

Ps. 92: 14. They shall still bring forth fruit 
in old age. 



2S2 MISCELLANEOUS. 

J. W. Yeomans. Family Salvation. 

Gen. 7: 7. And Noah went in, and his 
sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with 
him, into the ark, because of the waters of 
the flood. 

E. F. Hatfield. The Claims of Sacred Music. 
Ps. 98: 4-6. 



H. Bushnell. American Politics. 

John 19: 12. If thou let this man go, thou 
art not Cesar's friend. 



Pres. Humphrey. The Way to Save and Bless 

our Country. 

Prov. 22: 6. Train up a child in the way- 
he should go, and when he is old he will 
not depart from it. 



Leighton. Grapes from Thorns. 

Ps. 76: . 10. Surely the wrath of man shall 
praise thee : the remainder of wrath shalt 
thou restrain. 



J. Shbpard. The Methods of the Adversary. 

2 Cor. 4: 4. In whom the god of this world 
hath blinded the minds of them which be- 
lieve not, lest the light of the glorious gos- 
pel of Christ, who is the image of 6od, 
should shine unto them. 



L. H. At water. The Causes of Superficial and 
Transient Religious Experience. 

Luke X: 13. They on the rock are they, 
which, when they hear, receive the word 
with joy ; and these have no root, which 
for a while believe, and in time of tempta- 
tion fall away. 



SUBJECTS FROM JAY 3 S MORNING EXERCISES. 



Jan. 1. Reflections for the New Year 

2. The Divine Assurance 

3. The Cessation of the Manna . 

4. Seasonable Strength 

5. S elf-Renunciation 

6. The Heart united to Religion 

7. Epenetus 

8. John's Friendship for Gains 

9. The perpetual Guide 

10. The Character of Cornelius 

11. The Dwelling-place of Jesus 

12. God's regard to Israel's Weakness 

13. Repentance flowing from Mercy 

14. The Birthday 

15. Spiritual devotion . 

16. God's Thoughts 

17. The Use of the Law 

18. Hope Exceeded 

19. Noah's Walk .... 

20. The Descending Dove 

21. Moses apprized of his Death . 

22. The Scriptures opened . 

23. The Spiritual Beggar 

24. The Blessed People 

25. Joseph with his sick Father . ' 

26. Heavenly Preparation 

27. The Healthful Inhabitant 

28. The Tenderness of God's Care 

29. The Unlonely Solitude . 

30. The Lovely Household . 

31. The Bitter Waters healed 



Exod. xl. 2. 
Gen. xxxii. 12. 
Josh. v. 12. 
Deut. xxxiii. 25. 
Rev. iv. 10. 
Ps. lxxxvi. 11. 
Rom. xvi. 5. 
3 Epis. John 2. 
Ps. xlviii. 14. 
Acts x. 2. 
John i. 36. 
Exod. xiii. 17, 18. 
Rom. ii. 4. 
Gen. xl. 20. 

Ps. XXV. 1. 
Jer. xxix. 11. 
Gal. hi. 24. 
Gen. xlviii. 11. 
Gen. vi. 9. 
Luke hi. 22. 
Num. xxvii. 12, 13. 
Luke xxiv. 32. 
Luke xi. 9. 
Ps. hi. 8. 
Gen. xlviii. 1, 2. 
2 Cor. v. 5. 
Is. xxxiii. 24. 
Deut. i. 31. 
John xvi. 32. 
Acts x. 7, 8. 
Exod. xv. 25. 



Feb. 1. Faith questioned 

2. Creature Dissatisfaction 

3. Important Recollection 

4. Jacob ? s PTayer 

5. Union with Christ . 

6. The Unlooked-for Companion 

7. The Impotent Man Tried 

8. Joseph in Prison 

9. Exultation in God . 



John xvi. 31. 
Ps. lv. 6. 
Deut. xxiv. IS. 
• Gen. xxxii. 9-12. 
1 Thess. v. 10. 
Luke xxiv. 13-15. 
John v. 8. 
Gen. xxxix. 20. 
Ps. xxxiv. 2. 



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10. Sobriety .... 1 Thess. v. 8. 

11. Children of the Day . .1 Thess. v. 5. 

12. Mutual Aid . . .. - . Num. x. 31. 

13. The Plaintive Prayer . . Ps. xxv. 16, 17. 

14. The Importance of Obedience John xv. 14. 

15. The Real Miracle . . . Acts iii. 9, 10. 

16. The Three Heroes . . . Dan. iii. 12. 

17. The Joyful Servant . . Ps. lxxxvi. 6. 

18. Paul wishing to see Rome . Rom. i. 10, 11. 

19. Peter weeping . . . Mark xiv. 72. 

20. Religious Growth . . . Mai. iv. 2. 

21. The Discouraged Pilgrim . Num. xxi. 4. 

22. Earthly Comforts Blessed . Exod. xxiii. 25. 
33. Conversion of a Sinner . . James v. 20. 

24. God's People glorified . . Zech. ix. 16. 

25. Paul's Salutation of the Romans Rom. xvi. 15. 

26. Jesus weeping over Jerusalem Luke xix. 41. 

27. Divine Knowledge . . Col. i. 10. 

28. The Love of Jesus to his own John xiii. 1. 

Mar. 1. Desirable Fellowship . . Num. x. 32. 

2. Peter following afar off . . Matt. xxvi. 58. 

3. God only true . . . Rom. iii. 4. 

4. The Saints in the Lord's Hand Deut. xxxiii. 3. 

5. Flesh and Spirit . . . Rom. vii. 25. 

6. The Heavenly Proposal . Deut. i. 21. 

7. The Friends of Jesus . . John xv. 15. 

8. Union of Hope and Fear . Ps. xxxiii. 18. 

9. Strength in the Lord . . Eph. vL 10. 

10. Robbery of God . . . Mai. iii. 8. 

11. Lovingkindnesses . . .Is. lxiii. 7. 

12. Mutual Service . . . Gal. v. 13. 

13. Fear forbidden . . . Deut. xx. 1. 

14. Paul's Desire . . . Phil. iii. S. 

15. The Highest Prize . . Phil. iii. 8. 

16. The Two Births . . . Gal. i. 15. 

17. Power and Goodness . . Rom. x. 12. 

18. Peter and John . . . Acts iii. 1. 

19. Advantages of Inquiry . . Deut. xxxii. 7. 

20. Daily Mercy . . . . Ps. lxxxvi. 3. 

21. God's Joy in his People . . Zeph. iii. 17. 

22. Trials not strange . . .1 Per. iv. 12. 

23. Confidence from Knowledge . 2 Tim. i. 12. 

24. Walking in God's Truth . Ps. lxxxvi. 11. 

25. The Privileges of the Tpright Ps. xxxvii. 18. 
2<>. God\s Word and Works compared John xiv. 29. 
27. The Saviour's Agency . . Mark vii. 37. 
2s. Sai. m disappointed . . John xiv. 30. 

29. The Gracious Purpose . . 1 Thess. v. 9. 



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30. Departure of Christ Desired 

31. The Saviour's Obedience 

April 1. The Bloody Sweat 

2. The Saviour's Apprehension 

3. The Saviour's Stipulation 

4. The Death of Christ 

5. The -Burial of Christ 

6. Christ seen of numbers . 

7. The Holy One incorruptible 

8. The Grand Attainment . 

9. Death and Life with Christ 

10. The Glory that followed 

11. Character of Gospel Times 

12. Justification free 

13. The Saviour's Attraction 

14. Creature Dependence vain 

15. The Sad Defection 

16. Christians not Comfortless 

17. The Divine Engraving . 

18. The Leaven in the Meal 

19. Love to the Brethren 

20. Christ Praying in his Agony . 

21. Seeking Christ Crucified 

22. The Rising and Resting Prayer 

23. David's Resolution 

24. Too Late .... 

25. Early Rising .... 

26. The Learner . . . 

27. Members one of another . 

28. Christ leaving this World 

29. Angelic Succor 

30. Peter remembered . 



May I; Vineyards in the Wilderness . 

2. Dedication of David's House . 

3. The Divine Revelation . 

4. Self pleasing renounced . 

5. The One Thing Needful . 

6. The Seat of Prayer . 

7. The Sun of Righteousness 

8. Looking for God 

9. Daniel Delivered 

10. The Departure from Egypt 

11. The Cripple holds Peter and John 

12. The Angry Disciples reproved 

13. Divine Relief .... 

14. Passing under the Rod 

15. The Bonds of the Covenant 

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Matt viii. 34. 
John xiv. 31. 

Luke xxii. 44. 
John xviii. 7. 
John xviii. 8. 
Rom. v. 8. 
1 Cor. xv. 4. 
1 Cor. xv. 6. 
Ps. xvi. 10, 11. 
Phil. iii. 11. 
Rom. vi. 8. 
1 Pet. i. 11. 
Zech. iii. 10. 
Rom. iii. 24. 
Zech. iii. 9. 
Lam. iv. 20. 
Matt. xxvi. 56. 
John xiv. 18. 
Zech. iii. 9. 
Matt. xiii. 23. 
1 John iii. 16. 
Luke xxii. 44. 
Matt, xxviii. 5. 
Num. x. 35. 36. 
Ps. lxi. 2, 3. 
Luke xix. 42. 
Mark i. 35. 
Luke viii. 35. 

1 Cor. xi. 20. 
John xiii. 1. 
Luke xxii. 43. 
Mark xvi. 7. 

Hos. ii. 15. 
Ps. xxx. 
Gal. i. 16. 
Rom. xv. 3. 
John iv. 10. 

2 Sam. vii. 27. 
Mai. iv. 2. 
Isa. viii. 17. 
Dan. vi. 23. 
Exod. xiii. 18, 19. 
Acts iii. 13. 
Luke ix. 52-56. 
Rom. vii. 25. 
Ezek. xx. 37. 
Ezek. xx. 37. 



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MISCELLANEOUS. 



16. Christ going up to Jerusalem . 

17. Strong Faith .... 

18. Good to be here 

19. Washing the Disciples' Feet . 

20. An Interest in Christ ascertained 

21. The Day of Rejoicing 

22. Justification by Faith 

23. The Only Master . 

24. Wishing to go over Jordan 

25. Grieving the Spirit 

26. Christ's Inheritance 

27. The Tongue loosed 

28. Knowledge increased 

29. God's Offspring 

30. Prayer indispensable 

31. Blessing the Food 



Luke ix. 51. 
Dan. iii. 17. 18. 
Matt. xvii. 4. 
John x iii. 4, 5. 
2 Cor. ix. 15. 
Phil. ii. 16. 
Gal. ii. 16. 
Matt, xxiii. 8. 
Deut. iii. 25. 
Eph. iv. 30. 
Ps. ii. 8. 
Matt. ix. 33. 
2 Pet. iii. 18. 
Deut. xiv. 1. 
Ps. ii. 8. 
Luke xxiv. 30. 

John xv. 5. 
John xv. 5. 
ITim. i. 1. 
John iv. 28. 
Isa. xxxiii. 2. 
Micah vi. 8. 
Isa. xxxii. 22. 
2 Tim. ii. 1. 
Acts iii. 2. 
Micah vii. IS. 
Gen. xxvii. 1-4. 
Exod. xiii. 21, 22. 
Num. xvi. 38. 
John xiv. 9. 
Deut. xxxii. 8. 



June L The Vine 

2. The Branches 

3. Our Hope 

4. The Waterpot left 

5. The Morning Arm 

6. Humble Walking 

7. The Lord our Judge 

8. Grace in Christ 

9. Piety and Charity 

10. Delighting in Mercy 

11. Isaac old and dim 

12. The Fiery Cloudy Pillar 

13. Sins punished and improved 

14. Ignorance of Christ 

15. The Nations divided 

16. God's Lovingkindness contem- ) . 

, . t & > Ps. xxvi. 3. 

plated 5 

17. The Value of the Saviour . Lam. iv. 20. 

18. Paul employed at Tent-making Acts xviii. 1-3. 

19. The Strength of Grace . . 2 Tim. ii. 1. 

20. The Blessed Heritage . . Ps. lxi. 5. 

21. Satan resisted . . . Eph. iv. 27. 

22. Conversion of the Samaritaness John iv. 34. 

23. The God of Nature and Grace Ps. xxix. 11. 

24. The : Conversion of the Corinthians Acts xviii. 7, S. 

25. God choosing our Resting-place Num. x. 33. 

26. Christ talking with the Woman John iv. 27. 

27. A Shadow from the Heat . Isa. xxv. 4. 

28. The Divine Enquiry . . 1 Kings xix. 9. 

29. Paul encouraged at Corinth . Acts xviii. 9, 10. 
3<). The gladdening River . . Ps. xlvi. 4. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



July 1. The Sight of God's Glory . Exod. xxxiii. 18. 

2. Israel's Song at Beer . . Numb. xxi. 16-19. 

3. Faint . ... . Judges viii. 4. 

4. Pursuing . . . . Judges viii. 4. 

5. Submission to God . . . James iv. 7. 

6. The End of Ordinances . . Matt. xi. 7. 

7. Indwelling Sin deplored . Rom. vii. 24. 

8. Justification and Sanctification 1 Cor. vi. 11. 

9. Our Lord's Praying . . Luke xi. 1. 

10. Christian Gratitude . . 2 Cor. ix. 15. 

11. Elijah's Journey to Horeb . 1 Kings xix. 8. 

12. Daily Dying .... 1 Cor. xv. 31. 

13. The Divine Requisition . . Ezek. xxxvi. 37. 

14. The Saviour's Peace . . John xiv. 27. 

15. The Injuriousness of Unbelief Matt. xiii. 53-58. 

16. Former Days remembered . Heb. x. 32. 

17. The Holy Unction . . . 1 John ii. 20. 

18. Riches of Mercy . . . Ephes. ii. 4. 

19. The Bow in the Cloud . . Ezek. i. 28. 

20. Intimacy with Jesus . . Acts iv. 13. 

21. The Experience of Divine Grace Ps. xxxiv. 8. 

22. The Victor .... Rev. iii. 21. 

23. Encouragements to Prayer . Ps. lxxxvi. 5. 

24. God proved .... Mai. iii. 10. 

25. The Prophet of the Church . Acts iii. 22, 23. 

26. Treasure Hid in the Field . Matt. xiii. 44. 

27. The Gracious State . . Rom. v. 2. > 

28. The Seeker encouraged . 1 Chron. xvi. 10. 

29. Showing himself risen . . Acts i. 3. 

30. The Third Appearance . . John xxi. 14. 

31. Jesus at the Lake . . . John xxi. 1. 

Aug. 1. The Questioning of Peter . John xxi. 18. 

2. Peter's Destiny . . . John xxi. 18, 19. 

3. Curiosity reproved . . John xxi. 19-22. 

4. Circumstantial Truth . . John xxi. 23. 

5. Harvest Joel iii. 13. 

6. The Sickle .... Joel iii. 13. 

7. The Kingdom of God . . 1 Cor. iv. 20. 

8. Learning to Pray . . . Luke xi. 1. 

9. The Seasonable Admonition . Jer. xiii. 16. 

10. The Growing Empire . . John iii. 30. 

11. Commendation . . . Phil. ii. 12. 

12. God's Holiness . . . Ps. xxx. 4. 

13. The Disinterested Inquiry . 2 Sam. ix. 1. 

14. Mephibosheth's Humility . 2 Sam. ix. 7, 8. 

15. The Waiting Church . . Ps. lxv. 1. 

16. Christ's Power and Dominion Matt. xvii. 27. 

17. Extent of Christian Knowledge 1 John ii. 20. 



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18. Morning Devotion . . . Ps. v. 3. 

19. God's Union with his People . Jer. hi. 14. 

20. God's going forth as the Morning Hos. vi. 3. 

21. Lazarus Sick .... John xi. 3. 

22. The Word of Christ . . Col. iii. 16. 

23. Waiting rewarded . . . Ps. xxxvii. 34. 

24. The Smitten Shepherd . . Zech. xiii. 7, 

25. The Hearer of Prayer . . Ps. lxv. 2. 

26. Divine Espousals . . . Hos. ii. 19. 

27. Heirship Titus iii. 6. 

28. Varied Experience . . Ps. Ixv. 3. 

29. The Blessing of Faith . . Gal. iii. 9. 

30. Holy Vigilance ... 1 Peter i. 17. 

31. The never-failing Relation ► Hos. iL 9. 



Sept. 1. Word of Life . 

2. The Practical Preacher 

3. The Pious Excursion 

4. The Saviour's Legacy 

5. Divine Strengthening 

6. God conducting Israel 

7. Prophecy of Hosea 

8. God's Forbearance 

9. The Christian Joyful 

10. Joy before God 

11. Joy of Harvest 

12. God's Love to his People 

13. The Title known . 

14. The Needful Caution 

15. The Important Inquiry 

16. The Surrender 

17. The Use of Means . 

18. The Freed Prisoners 

19. The Successful Follower 

20. The Sinless Saviour 

21. The Divine Presence 

22. God the Husband of his 

23. Mutual Dependence 
24 The Christian Obligation 

25. Impatience 

26. Peter brought to Christ 

27. Zeal to save 

28. Z ion's Sons 

29. The ( Jail to depart . 

30. Filial Duty 



. Phil. ii. 16. 

. Phil. ii. 16. 

. 1 Sam. iii. 9* 

. John xiv. 27. 

. Zech. x. 12. 

. Deut. xxxii. I0l 

. Hos. i. 1. 

. Rom. ii. 4. 

. Is. ix. 3. 

. Is. ix. 3. 

. Is. ix. 3. 

. Deut. xxxiii. 3. 

. Gen. xv. 8. 

. Prov. iii. 5. 

. Acts ix. 6. 

. Acts ix. 6. 

. Matt. xvii. 27. 

. Zech. ix. 11. 

. Hos. vi. 3. 

. 1 John iii. 5. 

. Exod. xxxiii. 14, 

Church Is. liv. 5. 

. Phil. iv. 2-4. 

. 1 John ii. 6. 

. Ps. lv. 8. 

. John i. 42. 

. John i. 42. 

. Lam. iv. 2. 

. Micah ii. 10. 

. Mai. i. 6. 



Oct. 1. Dentli not always desirable . Amos v. 18. 

2. The Noble Resolve . . Ps. lxxxv. 8. 

3. Christian Moderation . . Phil. iv. 5. 



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4. The Shining Light 

5. Christ entering Heaven . 

6. The Stranger and Sojourner . 

7. The well-attended Flock 

8. Prayer and Thanksgiving 

9. Adversity Useful 

10. Changes in the Wilderness 

11. The Ascending Saviour followed 

12. The Good Shepherd 

13. Sparing Mercy 

14. Prosperity Injurious 

15. Difference between Words and 

Deeds 

16. Brevity of the Scripture 

17. The Alarm 

18. Confidence and Caution . 

19. Inattention 

20. The Blessed Sight . 

21. Divine Solicitude 

22. Design of the Incarnation 

23. Life more abundantly 

24. The Morning Star . 

25. The Door 

26. The Subjects Agents too 

27. The Clean Heart 

28. Blessedness of Loving God 

29. Prayer and Trouble 

30. Messiah the Prince 

31. Concern for the Best Cause 

Nov. 1. How to read the Scriptures 

2. The Season of Life . 

3. Joy in Sorrow 

4. The Divine Healer 

5. God forever ours 

6. The Revealer of Secrets 

7. Unbelief of Christ's Brethren 

8. Captiousness of the Pharisees 

9. The Whole and the Sick 

10. Christ the Resurrection . 

11. Joy in God's Salvation . 

12. God's Sole Agency . 

13 The Needful Disturbance 

14. Divine Example 

15. All-sufficient Assistance . 

16. God's Hidden Gnes 

17. The Seed of the Messiah 

18. The Enlarged Prayer 

19. The Importance of Faith 

20. With Jesus in the Garden 

25* 



Prov. iv. 18. 
1 Peter iii. 22. 
Ps. xxxix. 12. 
Ezek. xxxiv. 15. 
Phil. iv. 6. 
Hos. xiii. 5. 
Numb. x. 12. 
Luke xxiv. 50, 51. 
John x. 14. 
Mai. iii. 17. 
Hos. xiii. 6. 

Deut. v. 28. 

John xxi. 25. 
Rom. xiii. 11. 
Ps. Ixxxv. 8. 
Is. xiii. 20. 
Is. xxxiii. 17. 
Deut. v. 29. 
John x. 10. 
John x. 10. 
Rev. ii. 28. 
John x. 9. 
Jer. iv. 14. 
Jer. iv. 14. 
1 Cor. viii. 3. 
Ps. lxxxvi. 7. 
Dan. ix. 25. 
Ps. lxxii. 15. 

Luke x. 26. 

1 Pet. iv. 2. 

2 Cor. vi. 10. 
Matt. viii. 7. 
Ps. xlviii. 14. 
Dan. ii. 28. 
John vii. 5. 
Matt. ix. 11. 
Matt. ix. 12. 
John xi. 25. 

1 Sam. ii. 1. 
Deut. xxxii. 12. 
Deut. xxxii. 11. 
Deut. xxxii. 11. 
Deut. xxxii. 11. 
Ps. lxxxiii. 3. 
Ps. lxxxix. 36. 
Ps. lxxxi. 10. 
John ix. 35. 
John xviii. 26. 



290 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



21. Elisha's Sickness 

22. Partial Zeal .... 

23. Elisha's Sepulchre . 

24. Prosperity in the Divine Life . 

25. The Evidence of Faith . 

26. The Resting-place forgotten . 

27. Union of Faith and Love 
23. Habitual Piety 

29. The Two Commandments 

30. The Personal Inquiry 

Dec. 1. The Groundless Accusation 

2. The Persevering Suppliant 

3. Job's Confession 

4. Knowledge of our Sinfulness . 

5. Our Peace in Trouble 

6. The Divine Defence 

7. The Coming Soul discouraged 

8. The Apostle's Glorifying 

9. I am a burden to myself . 

10. Sabbath Influences . 

11. Job's Praying for his Friends . 

12. The Marys at the Sepulchre 

13. The Wisdom of Zeal 

14. The Needless Alarm 

15. The Heavenly Shepherd 

16. True Friendship 

17. The Trial of the Scribe . 

18. The Poverty of Jesus 

19. New-born Citizens . 

20. Jesus at the Feast 

21. The End of affliction 

22. The Valuation of the Sabbath 

23. Attachment to Zion 

24. The Dayspring 

25. Birth of Jesus . 

26. The Angel with the Shepherds 

27. The Great Sight at Bethlehem 

28. The Pious Pair 

29. Strong Confidence 

30. Brevity of Life 

31. Gratitude and Confidence 



2 Kings xiii. 14. 
2 Kings xiii. 19. 
2 Kings xiii. 20, 21. 
Ps. xcii. 12. 
John ix. 35. 
Jer. 1. 6. 
1 Tim. i. 14. 
Prov. xxiii. 17. 

1 John iii. 23. 
John ix. 35. 

Job i. 9. 
Matt. xv. 27. 
Job xl. 4. 
Job xiii. 23. 
Micah v. 5. 
Job i. 10. 
Luke ix. 42. 

2 Cor. xi. 30. 
Job vii. 20. 
Rev. i. 10. 
Job xiii. 10. 
Matt, xxvii. 61. 
Phil. i. 9. 

Job x. 2. 
Rev. vii. 17. 
1 Sam. xxiii. 16. 
Matt. viii. 19, 20. 
Matt. viii. 20. 
Ps. lxxxvii. 4, 5. 
John xi. 56. 
Job x. 2. 
Is. lviii. 13. 
Ps. lxxxvii. 7. 
Luke i. 78, 79. 
Luke ii. 1-6. 
Luke ii. 8, 9. 
Luke ii. 15. 
Luke i. 6. 
Job xiii. 15. 
Job x. 20. 
Acts xxviii. 15. 



SUBJECTS FROM JAY'S EVENING EXERCISES. 

Jan. 1. Our jmorance and knowledge ) A 22 oq 

of Futurity i ilcls xx * ^> 

2. The importance of Opportunity 2 Cor. vi. 2. 

3. Angelic Students . . . 1 Peter i. 12. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



4. The Groundless Conclusion 

5. The Seasonable Caution 

6. The Satisfying Indulgence 

7. Increase of Faith 

8. Tenderness of Divine regard . 

9. Past Dispensations improved . 

10. The Nearness of God 

11. Christ owning Christians 

12. The awful Night 

13. Joseph naming his Sons 

14. Onesiphorus 

15. Gentleness of Christ 

16. Following after God 

17. Genuine Piety . . 

18. God observes his People 

19. The privilege of Godliness 

20. The goodness of the Law 

21. Religious equality . 

22. Loss of a good Servant . 

23. The heavenly High Priest 

24. Pious Solicitude 

25. Christians the Property of Christ 

26. Admonitions concerning the ) 

Right Way > 

27. Spiritual Victory . . 

28. Prayer presented by Christ 

29. Divine Protection 

30. Divine Providence . 

31. Imperfections acknowledged . 



Feb. 1. Paul deserted 

2. Paul assisted . 
Paul encouraged 
An overruling Providence 
Christian weakness 
Christian strength 



Gen. xlii. 36. 
Mark xiii. 33. 
John xiv. 8. 
Luke xvii. 5. 
Zech. ii. 8. 
Ps. lxxiv. 14. 
Acts xvii. 27. 
Heb. ii. 11. 
Dan. v. 30. 
Gen. xli. 51, 52. 

1 Tim. i. 15-18. 

2 Cor. x. 1. 
Rom. lxiii. 8. 
Gen. vii. 1. 
Gen. vii. 1. 
Gen. vii. 1. 

1 Tim. i. 8. 

1 Sam. xxx. 24. 
Gen. xxxv. 8. 
Rev. 1. 13. 

Ps. xix. 14. 
Rom. xiv. 8. 

2 Peter ii. 15. 

1 John iv. 4. 
Rev. viii. 3, 4. 
Ps. cv. 14, 15. 
Ps. cv. 16-21. 
James hi. 2. 

2 Tim. iv. 16. 
2 Tim. iv. 17. 
2 Tim. iv. 18. 

1 Sam. xxi. 1. 

2 Cor. xii. 10. 
2 Cor. xii. 10. 



Acknowledgment and Dependencel Thess. hi. 11. 
The Mortal Body . . . Rom. viii. 10. 
The real Conflict ... 1 Cor. ix. 26. 
The invariable Practice . . Ps. xxxii. 6. 
Grace in the Wilderness . Jer. xxxi. 2. 
The child Samuel . . .1 Sam. hi. 15. 
The value of Christians . . Matt. x. 31. 
The Trembler . . . Acts xxiv. 25. 
The Force of Truth . . Acts xxiv. 2o. 
The True Riches . . . Heb. x. 34. 

17. The distinguished Church . Acts xm. 1. 

18. Laban's acknowledgment . Gen. xxx. 27. 

19. John's Character and Associates Rev. i. 9. 

20. Our Watchers . . . Ps. xxvn. 11. 



9. 
10. 
11. 
12. 
13. 
14. 
15. 
16 



292 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



21. Stephen observed . 

22. The Servant of God glorified . 

23. The Saviour's Promise and ) 

Presence \ 

24. Submission .... 

25. Unwilling Devotion 

26. Review and Expectation 

27. The Strange Estimate 

28. The Patience of Job 

Mar. i. Ephraim's Conversion 

2. The Promises 

3. The grand Inquiry 

4. The satisfactory Answer 

5. The wonderful Change 

6. The common Receptacle 

7. Divine Commendation 

8. Disappointment and Envy 

9. The sorrowless State 

10. The regulated Worshipper 

11. The General Meeting 

12. Equality improved 

13. Restraint from Sin 

14. Christ's concern for his disciples 

15. Constant respect to God 

16. The Precious and Safe Foun- ) 



Acts vi. 15. 
Acts vi. 15. 

Matt. 



dation 

17. Enoch's character 

18. What God is to his People 

19. The Name Written 

20. Jacob's dying Address 

21. True excellency 

22. Stability recommended 

23. The Prince and his People 

24. The Devout Resolution 

25. The Blessed Strait 

26. The Willing Sacrifice 

27. No Creature a substitute for God 

28. Gentleness 

29. Active Resignation 

30. Faith, Love, and Hope 

31. Spiritual engrafting 



A PHIL 1. Christian Joy 

2. The important Hour 

3. The Eucharistic Hymn 

4. Simon hearing (he Cross 

Christ. 

5. Christ's Address to the Dau 

tors of Jerusalem. 



xxvm. 



20. 



1 Sam. hi. 18. 

1 Sam. xxi. 7. 
Ps. Ixiii. 7. 
James v. 11. 
James v. 11. 

Hosea xiv. 8. 

2 Cor. i. 20. 
Acts xvi. 30. 
Acts xvi. 31. 
Zech. ix. 7. 
Eccles. vi. 6. 
Luke xxii. 28. 29. 
Gen. xxx. 1. 
Rev. xxi. 4. 1 
Ezek. xlvi. 9. 
Prov. xxii. 2. 
Prov. xxii. 2. 
Gen. xx. 6. 
John xi. 15. 

Ps. xvi. 8. 



after | 
rh- 



1 Peter ii. 6. 

Gen. v. 24. 
Ps. xxxiii. 20. 
Rev. xix. 16. 
Gen. xlxi. 2. 
Gen. xlix. 4. 
Gen. xlix. 4. 
Ezek. xlvi. 10. 
Ps. v. 7. 
Phil. i. 23. 
Phil. i. 24, 25. 
Gen. xxx. 2. 
Gal. v. 22. 

2 Sam. xv. 15. 
Col. i. 4, 5. 
James i. 21. 

John xvii. 13. 
John xii. 27, 23. 
Matt. xxvi. £0. 

Luke xxiii. 26. 
Luke xxiii. 27-31. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



6. Christ pierced 

7. The double Effusion 

8. The Sight of the Great Sufferer 

9. Joseph of Arimathea 

10. Christ the Life of Christians . 
It Nature . . . - . 

12. Providence . . 

13. Grace 

14. The Source of Comfort . 

15. The Solemn Deprecation 

16. The Wanderers 

17. Sanctification 

18. Care resigned 

19. Care ens-aged 

20. The Lilies 

21. Helpers to the Truth 

22. The proof of Sonship 

23. Divine Encouragement 

24. Abraham's Devotion 

25. Prudential Advice . 

26. Intermediate Existence 

27. Deliverances improved 

28. The joyful Close 

29. Comfort and Tribulation 

30. Expectation of the Messiah 

May 1. Peculiar Manifestation 

2. Sinners a Curse 

3. Saints a Blessing 

4. The ascended Saviour 

5. The Creed of Intemperance 

6. Importunate Prayer 

7. God Pacified 

8. The Temple . 

9. The Builder . 

10. The Glory 

11. Experience 

12. Divine Upholding . 

13. The Scars of Honour 

14. God's Workmen 

15. Hannah's Address to Eli 

16. Vows fulfilled 

17. The Son of Consolation . 

18. Importance of Christ 

19. Walking with God 

20. Many ignorant of Christ 

21. Arrival at Philippi 

22. The Divine Pastor 

23. The Gospel of Peace 



John xix. 3i. 
John xix. 34. 
John xix. 37. 
John xix. 38. 
Johnxiv. 19. 
Job xxiii. 16. 
Job xxiii. 16. 
Job xxiii. 16, 

2 Cor. i. 3. 
Ps. li. 11. 

1 Pet. ii. 25. 
Heb. ii. 11. 
1 Peter v. 7. 
1 Peter v. 7. 
Matt. vi. 28. 

3 John S. 
John viii. 42. 
1 Tim. i. 16. 
Gen. xiii. 1-4. 

1 Tim. v. 23. 

2 Cor. v. 8. 

1 Sam. xvii. 37. 
Acts xx. 24. 

2 Cor. i. 4. 
Haggai ii. 7. 

John xiv. 22. 
Zech. viii. 13. 
Zech. viii. 13. 
Luke xxiv. 52, 53, 
1 Cor. xv. 32. 
Luke xi. 5-10. 
Ezek. xvi. 63. 
Zech. vi. 13. 
Zech. vi. 13. 
Zech. vi. 13. 
Gen. xxx. 27. 
Ps. xvii. 5. 
Luke xxiv. 39. 
Zech. 1. 20. 
1 Sam. i. 26, 27. 
1 Sam. i. 28. 
Acts iv. 36. 
1 Cor. i. 30. 
Gen. vi. 9. 
John i. 26. 
Acts xvi. 12. 
Micah v. 4. 
Isaiah lvii. 19. 



294 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



24. The free Spirit 

25. Divine Liberty 

26. The awful Caution 

27. Paul's Wish . 

28. The anxiety of Pretence 

29. Adoption 

30. Prayer .... 

31. Strong Consolation 

June 1. God the Home of his People 

2. The Shamefulness of Sin 

3. Displays of Divine Grace 

4. Solace in Trouble 

5. Attention to the Scriptures 

6. Jacob's wrestling 

7. Jacob disjointed 

8. Determined Piety 

9. Divine Benediction 

10. The Pilgrim going forward 

11. Jewish Phraseology explained 

12. Mutual Consolation 

13. Advantages of Revelation 

14. Adam questioned 

15. The Strayed restored 

16. Christ w T ounded afresh 

17. Jacob : s Journeying . 

18. The Gate of Heaven 

19. Alpha and Omega . 

20. The Miraculous Supply 

21. The Rock Christ 

22. Hezekiah's Danger and Deliv- 

erance 

23. Circumstances of Worship 

24. Mediation of Christ 

25. The present Saviour 

26. The Glory of his Promise 

27. Psalmody 

28. Hezekiah's Sickness 

29. Recovery from disease 

30. The writing of Hezekiah 

July J. Jacob a dying 

2. Anger and Grief united . 

3. The Fight with Amalek 

4. The Tenderness of Christ 

5. The nature of the Promises 

6. Moses a Shepherd . 

7. The Burning Bush 

S. The solemn Assembly 



2 Cor. hi. 17. 
2 Cor. iii. 17. 
Heb. xii. 15. 
Acts xxvi. 29. 
Job vii. 20. 
Gal. iv. 6. 
Gal. iv. 6. 
Heb. vi. 18. 

Ps. lxxi. 3. 
Hosea ix. 10. 
Acts xi. 23. 
Ps. xlii. 6. 
Deut. xxxii. 46. 
Gen. xxxii. 24. 
Gen. xxxii. 25, 26. 
Gen. xxxii. 26, 27. 
Gen. xxxii. 28, 29. 
Gen. xxxii. 30, 32. 
Zech. xiii. 3. 
2 Cor. i. 4. 
Micah ii. 7. 
Gen. iii. 9. 
1 Peter ii. 25. 
Zech. xiii. 6. 
Gen. xxviii. 11. 
Gen. xxviii. 17. 
Rev. i. 8. 
Exod. xvii. 5, 6. 

1 Cor. x. 4. 

Isaiah xxxvi. 1, 2. 

Matt, xviii. 20. 
Matt, xviii. 20. 
Matt, xviii. 20. 
Matt, xviii. 20. 
Ephes. v. 19. 

2 Kings xx. 1. 
Isa. xxxviii. 16. 
Isa. xxxviii. 9. 

Heb. xi. 21. 
Mark iii. 5. 
Exod. xvii. 8. 
Matt. xii. 20. 
2 Peter i. 4. 
Exod. iii. 1, 2. 
Exod. iii. 2. 
Zeph. hi. 18. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



295 



9. Smallness of Comfort . . Job xv. 11. 

10. Patient Waiting . . . Heb. vi. 15. 

11. The Recluse .... John i. 48. 

12. The Observer . . . John i. 48 

13. The Glorified Throng . . Rev. iv. 4. 

14. Divine Longings . . . Ps. lxiii. 1, 2. 

15. The true Israelites . . . Zeph. hi. 13. 

16. The Value of Christ . . Heb. vi. 19. 

17. Elymas the Sorcerer . . Acts xiii. 6-12. 

18. The Visitation . . . Acts xv. 36. 

19. The Difference . . . Acts xv. 37, 38. 

20. The Contention . . . Acts xv. 39. 

21. The Separation . . . Acts xv. 39-41. 

22. Efficacy of Divine Truth . John xvii. 17. 

23. The Lord's Vineyard . . Isaiah xxvii. 2, 3. 

24. The Father's Love to the Son John iii. 35. 

25. The needful Exhortation . Acts xi. 23. 

26. God glorified in Christ . . John xiii. 31. 

27. Heavenly. Treasure . . Mark x. 21. 

28. The Saviour's Greatness . Micah v. 4. 

29. A meek reception of the Word James i. 21. 

30. The Water of Life free . . Rev. xxi. 6. 

31. Amalek destroyed . . . Exod. xvii. 14. 

Aug. 1. The Inhabitant of Maroth . Micah i. 12. 

2. Divine Influence and Refreshing Isaiah xviii. 4. 

3. The Teaching Prayer . . Psalm xli. 3. 

4. The Hili Mizar . . . Psalm xiii. 6. 

5. Redemption finished . . John xvii. 4. 

6. The Divine Appeal . . Psalm cxxxi. 1. 

7. Weanedness to the World . Psalm cxxxi. 2. 

8. The Son of David . . . Isaiah xi. 10. 

9. The Child of Providence . Psalm xvi. 6. 

10. The favoured Briton . . Psalm xvi. 6. 

11. The privileged Christian . Psalm xvi. 6. 

12. The great Saviour . . Isaiah xix. 20. 

13. Jehovah Nissi . . . Exod. xvii. 15. 

14. What God is to his People . Gen. xv. 1. 

15. The Stability of Faith . . Isaiah vii. 9. 

16. The blessed Exchange . . 2 Cor. v. 1. 

17. Jesus going up to Jerusalem . Mark x. 32. 

18. The sure Anchor . . . Heb. vi. 19, 20. 

19. John beheaded . . . Matt. xiv. 10. 

20. The Blessed Man . . . Psalm i. 1, 2. 

21. Little Children . . . John ii. 12. 

22. David serving his Generation . Acts xiii. 36. 

23. Moses addressed at the Bush . Exod. iii. 5. 6. 

24. Renovation of Spirit . . Psalm ii. 1 0. 

25. The Revelation of Jesus Christ 1 Peter L 13. 



296 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



26. The Grace of Glory 

27. The Duty of Christians . 

28. The Tree of Righteousness 

29. A little Strength 

30. Jesus upon his Throne 

31. The Royal Priesthood 

Sept. 1. Jesus at Nazareth 

2. Religious Achievements . 

3. A Pardoning God . 

4. David's Distress 

5. David's Relief 

6. The Incarnation 

7. The Glory of the House 

8. Israel's Converts 

9. The Sufficiency of the Scriptures 

10. Jesus exalted .... 

11. Confidence encouraged . 

12. Preservation .... 

13. Job's Stratagem 

14. Views of Death 

15. Manasseh .... 

16. Inspired Friendship 

17. Christian Holiness , 

18. Obduracy . 

19. Besetting Sin 

20. The Father of the Lunatic 

21. Gracious Tears 

22. Harvest 

23. The Gospel Feast . 

24. The certain Test 

25. Sorrows carried to Christ 

26. The Grand Bestowment 

27. Death disagreeable to Nature 

28. Application to Christ 

29. The Outcasts Preserved 

30. The Cloud of Witnesses 

Oct. 1. The Beatific Sight 

2. Christ's Preaching . 

3. Divine Sustentation 

4. The unkindly Friend 

5. Herod's Persecution 

6. The Christian Race 

7. JYIanasseh's Prayer 

8. Pre-eminent Advantages 

9. The Hard Heart 

10. Divine Tuition 

11. Moraliiy 



1 Peter i. 13. 
1 Peter i. 13. 
Psalm i. 3. 
Rev. iii. 8. 
Zech. vi. 13. 
Zech. vi. 13. 

Luke iv. 16. 
Dan. xi. 32. 
Micah vii. 18. 
1 Sam. xxx. 6. 

1 Sam. xxx. 6* 
John i. 14. 
Haggai ii. 7. 
Isaiah xiv. 1. 
Isaiah viii. 20. 
Psalm ex. 1. 
Isaiah xii. 10. 
Job vii. 20. 

2 Sam. xiv. 14. 
2 Sam. xiv. 14. 

2 Chron. xxxiii. 2. 
Zech. xiii. 6. 

1 Peter i. 15, 
Heb. iii. 13. 
Heb. xii. 1. 
Mark ix. 17. 
Mark ix. 24. 
Psalm lxviii. 10. 
Isaiah xxv. 6. 
John vi, 45. 
Matt. xiv. 12. 
John iii. 35. 

2 Cor. v. 4. 

1 Peter ii. 4. 
Isaiah xvi. 4. 
Heb. xii. 1. 

Psalm xvii. 15. 
Luke iv. 21. 22. 
Heb. i. 3. 

2 Sam. xvi. 17. 
Acts xii. 1-3. 
Heb. xii. 1, 2. 

2 Chron. xxxiii. 13. 
Matt. xiii. 17. 
Ezek. iii. 7. 
Isaiah liv. 13. 
Job xiv. 10. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



297 



12. Christ's Plenitude . . . John i. 14. 

13. The Church praying for Peter Acts xii. 5. 

14. The Wonderful Deliverance . Acts xii. 6, 7. 

15. The Glorious Rest . . . Isaiah xi. 10. 

16. The Right Hand . . . Matt. xxv. 34. 

17. Christian Salutations . . Philemon 23-25. 

18. A sanctifying God . . . Micah vii. 19. 
19c The Ark received by Obed-edom 2 Sam. vi. 10. 

20. The Banished not Expelled . 2 Sam. xiv. 14. 

21. Whose I am . . , Acts xxvii. 23. 

22. The Seasonable Messenger . Acts xxvii. 23. 

23. The Cheering Assurance . Acts xxvii. 24-26. 

24. Unbelief bewailed . . . Mark ix. 24. 

25. The Work of God . . . Micahvii. 14. 

26. The Expiation . . . Heb. i. 3. 

27. Following with Fear . . Mark x. 32. 

28. The Heavenly Rest . . 2 Thess. i. 6, 7. 

29. Divine Blessing . . .1 Chron. xxvi. 5. 

30. Obed-edom's Fame . . 2 Sam. vi. 12. 

31. An Illumination . . . John ix. 30. 



Nov. 1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 



10. 
11. 
12. 



13. 
14. 
15. 
16. 
17. 
18. 
19. 
20. 
21. 
22. 
23. 
24. 
25. 
26. 
27. 



The Reality of Conversion 
The Perfect Likeness 
The Influence of Prayer 
The willing Victim 
The Sanctified Believer 
The Eternity of God 
The Burdened Soul 
Divine Security and Support 
The Good Shepherd 
The Endearer of Christ 
Christ Precious 
The Perplexed and Inquiring 

Christian 
The Burden removed 
Vital Participation of Christ 
The Heroism of Faith 
The Sufferer the Succourer 
Confession of Christ 
Divine Applause 
Future Glory . 
The Final Exclusion 
The Devout Traveller 
The Gospel Feast . 
The Practical Christian . 
The Trial of Uprightness 
Divine Influence proved . 
Full Satisfaction 
Conscious Relief 

26 



2 Chron. xxxiii. 13. 
Psalm xvii. 15. 
Philemon 22. 
John xvii. 19. 
John xvii. 19. 
Gen. xxi. 36. 
2 Cor. v. 4. 
Deut. xxxiii. 27. 
Luke xv. 5. 
1 Peter ii. 7. 
1 Peter ii. 7. 

Job xxiii. 8, 9. 

Psalm iv. 22. 
John vi. 53. 
John xi. 15. 
Heb. ii. 18. 
Matt. x. 32. 
Matt. x. 32. 
1 Peter v. 1. 
Matt. xxu. 11. 
Ruth i. 21. 
Matt. xxii. 4. 
John iii. 21. 
John iii. 21. 
John iii. 21. 
Psalm xvii. 15. 
Job xiii. 10. 



298 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



28. The Twofold Benediction 

29. Christian Partnership 

30. The Birth of Noah . 



Dec. 1. The Saviour's Glory 

2. Tabernacle Services 

3. The Experience of Christ 

4. The Precious Trial 

5. Jeremiah in the Dungeon 

6. The Kind Ethiopian 

7. Kindness rewarded 

8. The Simple Acknowledgment 

9. The Sufferings of Christ 

10. The Effects of Christ's Death 

11. The Saviour's Satisfaction 

12. Man's Ignorance and Inability 

13. The Offering of the Princes 

14. The Author of Salvation 

15. The Minstrel . 

16. The Mediator 

17. Paul Preserved 

18. The New Disciple . 

19. Divine Condescension 

20. The Caution . 

21. Acceptable Prayer 

22. Safety in Danger 

23. The Mediator 

24. The Love of Jesus . 

25. The Saviour's Birth 

26. The Character of Christ 

27. The Improvement of the Blessin 

28. The Elder Brother 

29. The Presentation of Jacob 

30. The Question of Pharaoh 

31. The Representation of Life 



Ephes. i. 3. 
Philemon 17, 
Gen. v. 29. 

John i. 14. 
Num. vii. 1-9, 
Heb. v. 8. 
Job xxiii. 10. 
Jer. xxxviii. 6. 
Jer. xxxviii. 11-13. 
Jer. xxxix. 5-18. 
John ix. 25. 
Isaiah liii. 11. 
Isaiah liii. 11. 
Isaiah liii. 11. 
Jer. x. 23. 
Num. vii. 10. 
Heb. v. 9. 
2 Kings hi. 15. 
Jer. xxx. 21. 
Acts ix. 23-25. 
Acts ix. 26, 27. 
2 Chron. vi. 18. 
1 Kings xx. 11. 

1 Tim. ii. 8. 

2 Kings vi. 15-17. 
Jer. xxx. 21. 
Ephes. v. 2. 
Micah v. 2. 
Luke ii. 25. 

gLuke ii. 25. 
Heb. ii. 17. 
Gen. xlvii. 7. 
Gen. xlvii. 8. 
Gen. xlvii. 9. 



ON PRAYER. FROM BICKERSTETH. 



The Nature and Duty of Prayer, 

The Privilege of Prayer. 

The Assistance of the Holy Spirit. 

The Intercession of Jesus Christ 

Private Prayer. 

Public Prayer. 

Family Prayer. 

Social Prayer. 

The General Habit of Prayer. 

Spirit of Prayer for Christ's Kingdom. 

Distractions in Prayer. 

How to attain the Spirit of Prayer. 

TheU se of Forms. 

Ejaculatory Prayer. 



THE CHRISTIAN HEARER. FROM THE SAME. 

General Importance of Hearing the Word. 
National Benefits of a preached Gospel. 
Preaching the Word the Special Ordinance of God 
for Salvation. 

The Presence of Christ, the Glory of Christian 
Assemblies. 

The Holy Spirit received in hearing the Word, the 

only source of Genuine Profit. 
Relative Situation and. respective Duties of Ministers 

and People. 
Directions for Hearing the Word. 
Importance of Reflecting on what we have heard. 
Practical Obedience to the Word. 
Answers to Objections against Practical Obedience 
Observations on the Parable of the Sower. 
The Universal Diffusion of Divine Knowledge. 
Danger of Neglecting Divine Truth. 
Blessed Results of Faithful Healing. 
Exhortations to Different Classes. 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. FROM THE SAME. 



Its Appointment. 
Atonement. 

Faith in the Atonement. 

The New Covenant. 

Design of the Supper. 

Obligations to Eeceive it. 

Excuses Answered. 

On Receiving Unworthily. 

Preparation. 

Benefits. 

Happiness which follows. 

Communion with Christ and his People. 

Improvement of the Supper. 

Helps for Self-Examination. 

Regulation and Employment of the mind at 

Communion. 
Prayer after Receiving. 



THE PARABLES. FROM SIMEON. 

The Use and Intent of Parables. 
Mat. 13: 13-15. 

The Rocky and Sandy Foundations, 

Luke 6: 47-49. 

The Insolvent Debtors. 

Luke 7: 40-42. 

The Relapsed Demoniac. 
Mat. 12: 43-45. 

The Sower. 
Mat. 13: 18. 

Living Water. 
John. 4; 14* 



PARABLES. 



Beam and Mote, 
Mat. 7: 3-5. 

Strait Gate. 

Mat. 7: 13, 14. 

The Wise Builder. 
Luke 6: 47-49. 

The Strong Man Armed. 
Luke lh 21, 22. 

The Householder. 

Mat. 13: 56. 

The Lighted Candle. 
Luke 8: 16-18. 

The Grain of Mustard-Seed. 

Mark 4: 30-32. 

Leaven Hid. 
Mat. 13: 33. 

Hidden Treasure. 

Mat. 13: 44. 

The Net Cast. 
Mat. 13: 47-50. 

The Good Samaritan. 
Luke 10: 30-35. 

The Rich Fool. 
Luke 12: 20, 21. 

The Barren Fig-Tree. 
Luke 13: 7-9. 

The Ambitious Guest. 
Luke 14: 7-10. 

26* 



PARABLES. 

The Great Supper, 
Luke 14: 16-18. 

The Foolish Builder and Inconsiderate 
King. 

Luke 14: 28-33. 

The Lost Sheep. 
Luke 15: 3-7. 

The Lost Piece of Silver. 
Luke 15: 8-10. 

The Prodigal Son. 
Luke 15: 23, 24. 

The Prodigal's Elder Brother. 

Luke 15: 28. 

The Unjust Steward. 
Luke 16: 8. 

The Rich Man and Lazarus. 

Luke 16: 25. 

The Obedient Servant. 
Luke 17: 10. 

The Importunate Widow. 
Luke 18: 6-8. 

The Pharisee and Publican. 
Luke 18: 13, 14. 

The Good Shepherd. 

John 10: 9. 

The Labourers. The Tares. 
Mat 20: 6, 7. 



PARABLES. 



303 



The Pounds. 

Luke 19: 12, 13. 

The Rebellious Citizens. 
Luke 19: 12, 14. 

The Two Sons. 
Mat. 21: 28-31. 

The Wicked Husbandmen. 

Luke 20: 15. 

The Rejected Corner-Stone. 
Luke 20: 17, 18. 

The Wedding Garment. 
Mat. 12: 11-13. 

The Budding Fig-Tree. 
Luke 21: 29, 30. 

The Ten Virgins. 
Mat. 25: 10. 

The Talents. 

Mat 25: 22, 23. 



MIRACLES. 

Analogy between Bodily and Spiritual 
Cures. 
Luke 6: 19. 

The Temptation. 
Mat. 4: 1. 

Purging of the Temple. 
John 2: 17. 



304 



MIRACLES. 



The Nobleman's Son Cured. 
John 4: 49-51. 

Christ withdrawing from those who 
were about to murder him. 

Luke 4: 28-30. 

The Draught of Fishes. 
Luke 5: 8-11. 

The Unclean Spirit cast out. 

Luke 4: 33, 34. 

Peter's Wife's Mother Cured. 
Luke 4: 38, 39. 

A Leper Healed. 
Mark 1: 45. 

A Paralytic Healed. 
Mark 2: 8-12. 

Pool of Bethesda. 
John 5: 14. 

A Man with a Withered Hand. 

Mark 3: 5-7. 

The Centurion's Servant Healed. 
Luke 7: 6, 7. 

The Widow's Son Raised. 
Luke 7: 14-16. 

The Blind and Dumb Man Dispossessed. 

Mat. 12: 22, 23. 

The Tempest Calmed. 

Mat. 8: 27. 



MIRACLES. 



305 



The Gadarene Demoniac Dispossessed. 
Mark. 5: 16-18. 

Jairus' Daughter Raised. 
Luke 8: 50. 

Two Blind Men Healed. 

Mat. 9: 28-30. 

Five Thousand Fed. 
Luke 9: 12, 13. 

Jesus Walking on the Sea. 
Mat. 14: 26, 27. 

Peter Sinking. 
Mat. 14: 30, 31. 

The Daughter of the Canaanites Dis- 
possessed. 
Mat. 15: 28. 

The Deaf and Dumb Man Healed, 

Mark 7: 32-36. 

Whole Multitudes Healed. 
Mat. 15: 30, 31. 

The Transfiguration. 
Luke 9: 29-32. 

The Demon Expelled from the Deaf 
and Dumb Lunatic. 
Mark 9: 25-27. 

Tribute Money supplied by a Fish. 
Mat. 17: 27. 

The Crooked Woman Healed. 
Luke 13: 15, 16. 



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The Dropsical Man Healed. 

Luke 14: 1-4. 

The Ten Lepers Healed. 
Luke 17: 17, 18. 

The Blind Man at the Pool of Siloam. 

John 9: 6, 7. 

Lazarus Raised. 
John 11: 40. 

Bartimeus Healed. 
Mark 10: 49, 50. 

The Barren Fig-tree Cursed. 
Mat. 21: 18-22. 

Christ's Enemies abashed by a Word. 
John 18: 4-9. 

Malchus' Ear Healed. 
Luke 22: 50, 51. 



LECTURES ON THE EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY, BY 
DANIEL WILSON, D. D. 

Introduction. 

1 Peter 3: 15. But sanctify the Lord in 
your hearts : and be ready always to give 
an answer to every man that asketh you a 
reason of the hope that is in you with 

meekness and fear. 



The Temper of Mind in which the Subject 
should be studied. 

Luke 18: 17. Verily I say unto you, Who- 



EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY. 



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soever shall not receive the kingdom of 
God as a little child shall in nowise enter 
therein. 



The Indispensable Necessity of a Divine Reve- 
lation shown from the State of Man in all 
ages. 

Rom. 1: 19-24. 



The Authenticity of the New Testament. 
2 Thess. 3: 17. 

The Direct Proofs of the Authenticity of the 
New Testament. 

Acts 26: 26. 



Credibility of the Gospel History. 

Luke 1: 1-4. 



Divine Authority of Christianity. — Miracles. 
Mark 2: 10-12. 



Divine Authority. — Prophecy. 
2 Peter 1: 16-21. 



Divine Authority— Fulfilment of Prophecy, 
lsa. 41: 21-24. 



Divine Authority.— Propagation of Christianity. 
1 Cor. 1: 19-21, and 27-29. 



308 EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY. 

Divine Authority. — Beneficial Effects of Chris- 
tianity. 

1 Tim. 4: 8. 

Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures. 

2 Tim. 3: 14-17. 

Inspiration. — Review of the Argument Derived 
from External Evidences. 
1 Cor. 11: 10-13. 

Suitableness of Christianity to the State and 
Wants of Man. 

1 Cor. 14: 24, 25. 

Excellencies of the Doctrines of Christianity. 
1 John 4: 8-10. 



The Unspotted Purity of the Christian Morals. 
Titus 11: 15. 

The Pre-eminent Character and Conduct of our 
Lord. 

Mark 7: 37. 



The Tendency of Christianity to Promote in 
the Highest Degree the Temporal and Spir- 
itual Happiness of Nations and Individuals. 

Luke '2: 13, 14. 

The Test to which every one may bring the 



EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY. 



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Truth of the Christian Religion by humbly 
submitting to its Directions, and Making a 
Trial for himself of its Promised Blessings. 
1 John 5: 10. 



Practical Directions for the Application of the 
Test to which Men may bring the Christian 
Revelation. 

Ps. 34: 8. 



The Vanity and Futility of the Objections 
brought against the Christian Religion. 
2 Peter 3: 3, 4, 8, 9. 

The Lives and Deaths of Infidels Compared 
with those of Sincere Christians. 
Ps. 37: 35-37. 

The Faith with which the Christian Revelation 
is to be Received. 

John 5: 9. 

The Sound Interpretation of the Records of 
Revelation. 

2 Tim. 2: 15. 

The Universal Obligation which lies upon 
every Human Being to Obey this Divine 
Revelation. 

John 3: 18-21. 

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310 



LECTURES TO YOUNG MEN. 



Conclusion of the Course. 

John 20: 30, 31. And many other signs 
truly did Jesus in the presence of his dis- 
ciples, which are not written in this book. 
But these are written, that ye might believe 
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God ; 
and that believing ye might have life 
through his name. 



LECTURES TO YOUNG MEN, BY JOEL HAWES, D. D. 

Claims of Society on Young Men. 

1 John 2: 14. I have written unto you, 
young men, because ye are strong. 



Dangers of Young Men. 



Titus 2: 6. Young men likewise exhort to 
be sober-minded. 



Importance of Established Principles. 

Dan. 6: 10. Now when Daniel knew that 
the writing was signed, he went into his 
house ; and his windows being open in his 
chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled 
upon his knees three times a day, and 
prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as 
he did aforetime. 



Formation and Importance of Character. 

Prov. 22: 1. A good name is rather to be 
chosen than great riches, and loving favour 
rather than silver and o-old. 



Religion the Chief Concern. 

Eccl. 12: 13. Let us hear the conclusion of 



LECTURES TO YOUTH. 



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the whole matter : Fear God, and keep his 
commandments : for this is the whole duty 
of man. 



On Reading. 

1 Tim. 4: 13. Give attendance to reading. 



LECTURES TO YOUTH, BY W. B. SPRAGUE, D. D. 

Importance of the Period of Youth. 

Prov. 4: 10. Hear, O my son, and receive 
my sayings ; and the years of thy life shall 
be many. 

Danger of Evil Company. 

1 Cor. 15: 33. Evil communications cor- 
rupt good manners. 



Danger of Evil Instruction. 

Prov. 19 : 27. Cease, my son, to hear the 
instruction that caascth to err from the 
words of knowledge. 



Danger of a Life of Pleasure. 

Eccl. 11 : 9. Rejoice, young man, in thy 
youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the 
days of thy youth, and walk in the ways ol 
thine heart, and in the sight of thine ( yes j 
but know thou, that for all these things God 
will bring thee into judgment. 



Regard to the Favour of the World Contrast 
with a Regard to the Favour of God. 

1 Thess. 2: 4. But as we were allowed 



312 LECTURES TO YOUTH. 



God to be put in trust with the gospel, 
even so we speak ; not as pleasing men, but 
God, which trieth our hearts. 



Religion an all-pervading Principle. 

Mat. 13r8. But other fell into good 
ground, and brought forth fruit, some an 
hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirty- 
fold. 



Persuasive to Religion. 

Luke 14: 17. And sent his servant at sup- 
per time to say to them that were bidden, 
Come 5 for all things are now ready. 



Excuses for the Neglect of Religion. 

Acts 16: 30. What must I do to be saved 1 



Embracing Religion. 

Acts 16: 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 



Evidence of Religion. 

Mat. 7: 21. Not every one that saith unto 
me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king- 
dom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will 
of my Father which is in heaven. 



Profession of Religion. 

Isa. 44 : 5. One shall say, I am the Lord's ; 
and another shall call himself by the name 
of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with 
Ins hand unto the Lord, and surname him- 
*elf by the name of Israel. 



LECTURES ON REVIVALS. 3 13 

Defence against Temptation. 

Mat. 26 : 4i. Wav~l m& \ hat - 

enter not into temptation : the spirit indeed 
is willing, but the flesh is weak. 

Christian Decision. 

Dan. 3: 18. But if not, be it known unto 
thee, O king, that we will not serve thy 
gods, nor worship the golden image which 
thou hast set up. 

Growth in Grace. 

2 Pet. 3: 18. Grow in grace. 

Doing Good. 

Gal. 6: 10. Let us do good to all men. 
The Young Christian's Course. 

2 Tim. 4: 7. I have finished my course. 



LECTURES ON REVIVALS, E \ B. SPRAGUE, D. D. 

Nature of a Revival. 

Isa. 45: 8. Drop down, ye heavens, from 
above, and let the skies pour down righte- 
ousness: let the earth open, and Jet them 
bring forth salvation, and let righteousness 
spring up together ; I the Lord have crea- 
ted it. 



Defence of Revivals. 

Acts 2: 13. Others mocking said, The 
men are full of new wine. 
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314 LECTURES ON REVIVALS. 

Obstacles to Revivals. 

1 Cor. 9: 12. Lest we should hinder the 
Gospel of Christ. 



Divine Agency in Revivals. 

Hab. 3: 2. Lord, revive thy work. 



General Means of Producing and Promoting 
Revivals. 

Phil. 1: 27. Striving together for the faith 
of the Gospel. 



Treatment Due to Awakened Sinners. 

Acts 3: 19. Repent ye, therefore, and be 
converted. 



Treatment Due to Young Converts. 

2 Cor. 13: 5. Prove your own selves. 



Evils to be Avoided in Connection with Re- 
vivals. 

Eom. 14: 16. Let not then your good be 
evil spoken of. 



Results of Revivals. 

Rev. 5: 13. Blessing, and honour, and glory, 
and power, be unto him that sitteth upon 
the throne, and unto the Lamb, forever and 
ever. 



FROM TW REV. ALBEK1 BARNES, IN NAT. PREACHER. 

REVIVALS OF RELIGION IN CITIES AND LARGE TOWNS. 

The Theory of Revivals. 

Isa. 45: 8. Drop down, ye heavens, from 
above, and let the skies pour down righte- 
ousness: let the earth open, and let them 
bring forth salvation, and let righteousness 
spring up together. 

Vindication of Revivals and their Influence on 
this Country. 

Isa. 45: 8. 

The Influence of Revivals in Cities and Lar^e 
Towns. 

Luke 24: 47. And that repentance and re- 
mission of sins should be preached in his 
name among all nations, beginning at Je- 
rusalem. 



The E bableness of Revivals. 

Hab. 3: 2. Lord, revive thy work in the 
midst of the years, in the midst of the years 
make known ; in wrath remember mercy. 

The Hinderances to Revivals in Cities and 
Large Towns. 

Luke 19: 41, 42. And when he was come 
near he beheld the city and wept over it, 
saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at 
least in this thy day, the things which be- 
long to thy peace. 

Mat. 23: 37. O Jerusalem! Jerusalem I 
thou that killest the prophets, and stonest 



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LECTURES ON REVIVALS. 



them which are sent unto thee, how often 
would I have gathered thy children to- 
gether, even as a hen gathereth her chick- 
ens under her wings, and ye would not. 

The Duties of Christians in Regard to Revivals 
there. 

Acts 17: 16. Now while Paul waited for 
them at Athens, his spirit was stirred 
within him when he saw the city wholly 
given to idolatry. 



SYSTEM OF THEOLOGY. FROM PRES. DWIGHT. 
DOCTRINES. 

DOCTRINES OF NATURAL RELIGION. 
THE EXISTENCE OF GOD. 

Direct Proofs of it .... Mark 12: 32. 
Atheistical Objections and Schemes of 

Doctrine Considered . . . Ps. 14: 1. 

Comparative Influence of Atheism and 

Christianity . . . Ps. 14: 1. 

The Unity of God ... 1 Cor. 8: 4. 



THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 

Eternity and Immutability . . Ps. 102: 2 1 ,<27. 

Omnipresence and Omniscience . . Ps. 139: 1, 12. 

Omnipotence and Independence . Gen. 17: 1. 
Benevolence as proved by the works of 

Creation and Providence . . 1 John 4: S. 

Benevolence as Exhibited by Revelation 1 John I: S. 

Justice . . . . . Deut. 32: 4. 

Truth .... Ps. 117:2. 

Mercy . . .- . Ps. 103: 8. 

Wisdom .... 1 Tim. 1: 17. 

The Decrees of God . . . Job 23: 13. 

The Sovereignty of God . . Jer. 10: 23. 



THE WORKS OF GOD. 

Of Creation. 

Air — Starry and Supreme Heavens 

Holy Angels — their Rank — Attributes and 

Employments • • 

Fallen Angels 



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SYSTEM OF THEOLOGY. 



The Earth .... Gen. 1: 1. 

Man— his Body— Soul . . Gen. 1: 26, 27. 

Soul not Material . .. . Gen. 2: 7. 

Soul not a chain of Ideas and Exer- 

cises . . . • Gen. 2i 7. 

The Chief End of Man . . 1 Cor. 10: 31. 

Of Providence. 

The Probation of Man . . Gen. 2: 15-17. 

Temptation and Fall . . . Gen. 3: 1-6. 

Sentence .... Gen. 3: 14-19. 

Depravity of Man : 

Its Universality ; proved from Reve- 
lation and Facts . . . Rom. 5: 12. 
From Man's Rejection of the Word of 

God .... Jer. 8: 9. 

Degree of Man's Depravity . . Eocl. 8: 2. 

Its Derivation from Adam . . Rom. 5: 20. 

Man cannot be Justified by Law . Rom. 3: 20. 

DOCTRINES PECULIAR TO THE MEDIATORIAL SYSTEM. 

THE CHARACTER OF JESUS CHRIST THE MEDIATOR. 

He is the True and Perfect God. 

The Names of God are given him . Rom. 8: 3, 4. 

The Attributes and Actions of God are 

Ascribed to him . . . Rom. 8: 3, 4. 

He Sustains the Relations and Receives 

the Worship of God . . Rom. 8: 3, 4. 

The Deity of Christ the only Ground of" 
Consistency in the Scheme of ^Re- 
demption 

The Jews otherwise not chargeable 

witli Guilt in his Death . 
Nor can the Prophets and Apostles be 

vindicated from the Sin of leading 

men into Idolatry . 
Objections answered . . .1 Cor. 3: 20. 

Objections to the Doctrines of Unitarians 1 Cor. 3: 20. 
Objections to their Manner of conducting 

the Controversy . . 1 Cor. 3: 20. 



Rom. 8: 3, 4. 



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Jesus Christ is also Man . . Rom. S: 3. 

The Covenant under which Christ acted ; 

that of Redemption . . . Isa. 53: 10. 



THE OFFICES WHICH CHRIST SUSTAINED. 
HIS PROPHETIC OFFICE. 

His Personal Preaching, 

The Necessity for it - . . Luke 24: 19. 

The Things which he caught . John 7: 46. 

The Manner of his Preaching . . John 7: 4-6. 
The Consequences of his Preaching . John 7: 46. 

His Preaching by his Apostles. 
The Fact that they preached the Gospel of 

Christ . ... Mark 16: 15, 

The Necessity of their preaching it ) 16, 20. 
The things which they preached > Mark 16: 15, 

The Consequences of their Preaching ) 16, 20. 



CHRIST S PRIESTLY OFFICE. 

Origin, Office uad Character of a Priest ) 
Proofs of the Priesthood of Christ ) 
His Character as a Priest. His Holiness. 
In what it was exemplified : 
In his Piety 

In his performance of the duties ) 
which he owed mankind ) 
In his Self Government . 
The Importance of his Holiness : 

To the Distinction of his Character ' 
To enable him to Magnify the Law 
of God 

To give the necessary efficacy to | 
his sufferings . . J 

To his setting an example of right 
eousness , • • 

His ATONEMENT— its Nature, Neces 
sity and Reality 



Ps. 110: 4. 



Heb. 7: 26. 
Heb. 7: 26. 



Heb. 7: 26. 

1 John ± 5. 
Ram. 3: k 21--:t'». 



320 



SYSTEM OF THEOLOGY. 



The Manner and Extent of the Atone- 
ment . Rom. 3:24-26. 
Objections Answered .. . Rom. 3: 24-26. 
Christ's Intercession . . Heb. 7: 24, 25. 
Christ's Kingly Office . . . Eph. 1: 20-22. 
The Miracles of Christ . . Acts 2: 22. 
The Resurrection of Christ . . Acts 3: 15. 
Amiableness of Christ in publishing the 

Gospel . . . . . Isa. 52: 7. 

THE CONSEQUENCES OF CHRIST'S MEDIATION. 



JUSTIFICATION. 

The Nature, : or in what it consists 
The Source : the Free Grace of God 
The Means : Faith in Christ ) 
The Duty of Believing in him ) 
Nature of Faith . . . Rom. 3: 28 

Influence of Faith in our Justification . Rom. 3: 28. 
Reconciliation of Paul and James 
Influence of Works in our Justification 
Justification by Faith does not lessen the 

Obligations or Motives to Obedience Rom. 3: 31 



Rom. 3: 24. 
Rom. 3: 28. 



James 2: 24. 



REGENERATION. 

The Agent in effecting it : ) T - Q ^ 

The Holy Ghost : his Character ] ' lltUS 61 °" 

Testimonies to the Doctrine of the Trin- 
ity from the Ancient Christians, Jews 
and Heathen .... Isa, 48: 16. 

Agency of the Holy Ghost in Regenera- 
tion ..... Titus 3: 5. 

Necessity of Regeneration) T , 

Its Reality \ ' ' John 3: 3. 

Its Nature .... John 3: 3. 

Its Antecedents .... Acts 16: 2*9,30. 

Its Attendants, generally considered Eph. 4: 22-24. 

Faith — Repentance . . . Mat. 27: 3-5. 

Love — its nature, evidence of its existence Gal. 5: 22. 

Consistency of Benevolence with pro* 

viding peculiarly for our own . 1 Tim. 5: 8. 



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Its Consistency with seeking our own Sal- 
vation ..... Rom. 2. 6, 7. 
Brotherly Love , . . John 13: 34. 

Consequences of Regeneration. 
Adoption .... 1 John 3: 2. 

Sanctification . . . .1 Thess. 5: 23. 

Peace of Conscience . . John 14: 27. 

Joy in the Holy Ghost . . . Rom. 14: 7. 

Increase of Grace . . . Prov. 4: 18. 

Perseverance unto the end . . Prov. 4: 18. 

Evidences of Regeneration. 
What are not evidences . . .2 Cor. 13: 5. 

What are evidences . . 2 Cor. 13: 5. 

Difficulty of applying them to ourselves 2 Cor. 13: 5. 



DUTIES. 



DUTIES OF NATURAL RELIGION. 

Character of the Law of God : summed 

up in the Two Great Commandments Ps. 19: 7. 

The First Great Commandment. 
Love to God .... Mark 12:28,30. 
Reverence of God ... Job 28: 28. 
Humility . . . . .1 Peter 5: 5. 

Resignation .... Luke 22:41,42. 

The Second Great Commandment. 
What it Requires . . . Mark 12: 31. 

Its effects on Personal Happiness . Acts 20: 35, 

Its Effects on Public Happiness . Acts 20: 35, 
Its Foundation— Utility . . . Acts 20: 35. 

The Law of God summed up in the 

DECALOGUE : 

The First Commandment Ex. 20: 3. 

The Second Commandment Ex. 20: 4-6. 

The Third Commandment : 

Nature of Profaneness . . • Ex.20: L 

Guilt of Profaneness . . Ex. 20: j 

Danger of Profaneness . . • Ex. ~0: /. 

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322 



SYSTEM OF THEOLOGY. 



The Fourth Commandment. 
Perpetuity and Change of the Sabbath Ex. 20: 8-11. 
How the Sabbath is to be observed Isa. 58: 13, 14. 

Reflections on the Sabbath . . Ex. 20: 11. 

The Fifth Commandment. 

Duty of Children . . . Ex. 20: 12. 

Duty of Parents . . . .Ex. 20: 12. 

Duty of Rulers . . . Ex. 20: 12. 

Duty of Subjects . . .Ex. 20: 12. 

The Sixth Commandment. 

Killing when lawful— Murder . Ex. 20: 13. 

Duelling . . . .Ex. 20: 13. 

Suicide .... Ex. 20: 13. 

Drunkenness . . . Ex. 20: 13. 

The Seventh Commandment. 

Origin, Nature and Benefits of Marriage Ex. 20: 14. 
Lewdness . . . . Ex. 20: 14. 

Polygamy £ Mat. 19: 3-11. 

Divorce 



Ex. 20: 15. 



The Eighth Commandment. 

Idleness ) 
Prodigality ) 

Fraud .... Ex. 20: 15. 

Gaming . . . .Ex. 20: 15. 

The Ninth Commandment. 

Nature and Importance of Truth . Ex. 20: 16. 

Nature and Causes of Lying . . Ex. 20: 16. 

Mischiefs and Preventives of Lying Ex. 20: 16. 

Slander . . . .Ex. 20: 16. 

The Tenth Commandment. 
Contentment . . . Exodus 20: 17. 

Charity .... 1 Tim.6: 17-19. 

Avarice .... 1 Tim. 6: 9, 10. 
Ambition .... Rom. 12: 16. 

Mian's Inability to obey the Law of God 

Considered .... Rom. 8: 17. 



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DUTIES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. 

Man Restored to the Spirit of Obedience 

by Faith and Repentance . . Acts 20 21. 

Means of Restoration j or Means of Grace : 

Proofs that there are such means . 1 Cor. 4: 15. 

What they are, and their Influence . 1 Cor. 4: 15. 

Objections Answered ... 1 Cor. 4: 15. 

Ordinary Means of Grace. 

Hearing the Word — Prayer . . Luke 8: 18. 

The Nature, Seasons, and Obliga- 
tions of Prayer . . .1 Thess. 5: 17. 

The Usefulness of Prayer to Indi- 
viduals . . . .1 Thess. 5: 17. 

The Usefulness of Prayer to Fam- 
ilies . . ' . . Eph. 6: 10. 

The Usefulness of Prayer to Com- 
munities .... Eph. 6: 10. 

Efficacy of Prayer . . . Eph. 6: 10. 

Encouragement to Prayer . . Eph. 6: 10. 

Objections to Prayer considered . Job 21: 15. 

Forms of Prayer . . . Mat. 6: 9-13. 

Intercourse with Religious Men . Prov. 13: 20. 

Religious Meditation. 

Religious Education of Children : 

Duty of Educating Children Re- 
ligiously . . Prov. 22: 6. 
Manner in which it is to be done : 
Motives to the Duty . Prov. 22: 6. 

Extraordinary Means of Grace. 

Who are to use them ; or the Church : 

Ordinary Members ; their Character 2 Cor. 6: 11. 

Officers of the Church : 

Ministers : who are they 1 . .1 Pet. 5: 1-3. 
Duties of Ministers j — 
Preaching : 
End of Preaching 

Nature of Preaching I Mat. 2S: 19. 

Subjects of Preaching 
Manner of Preaching . 



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SYSTEM OF THEOLOGY. 



Study : 

Conducting the Ordinances of 

Divine Worship 
Presiding over and directing f 

the Discipline of the Church 
Instructing the Flock in Private 4 
Deacons 

What the Extraordinary Means of Grace 
are : 

Baptism — Its Reality and Intention 
Subjects of Baptism 
Mode ) 
Lord's Supper — Its Nature and Design, ) 

and Qualification of > Mark 14: 22-25. 
Communicants ) 
Dispositions with which 
to be attended and 
motives to the attend- I 
ance ^ 
Discipline of the Church . . Mat. 18: 15-18. 



1 Thess. 3: 2. 



Acts 6: 1-6. 



Mat. 28: 19. 



Mark 14: 22-25. 



DISPENSATIONS CONSEQUENT ON THE STATE 
OF PROBATION. 

Death Ps. 90: 3. 

Immediate Consequences . Eccl. 12: 7. 
Remoter Consequences : 

Resurrection of the Body . 1 Cor. 15: 16. 

Final Judgment . . 2 Peter 3: 10. 
Punishment of the Wicked: 

Its Nature . . 2 Peter 2: 12. 

Its Duration . . Mat. 25: 46. 
Rewards of the Righteous : 

New Creation • . 2 Peter 3: 1 3. 

Happiness of Heaven . Rev. 21: 1-3. 

Conclusion .... Prov. 8: 6. 



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